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0WQ5XZZ

0WQ5XZZ — Repair Lower Jaw, External Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Repair Lower Jaw, External Approach

How 0WQ5XZZ is built

Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.

  1. 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
  2. WBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. QRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 5Body partThe specific site
  5. XApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 0WQ5XZZ

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • 0WQ3XZZRepair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach
  • 0WQ40ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Open Approach
  • 0WQ43ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ44ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ4XZZRepair Upper Jaw, External Approach
  • 0WQ50ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Open Approach
  • 0WQ53ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ54ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ5XZZRepair Lower Jaw, External Approach
  • 0WQ60ZZRepair Neck, Open Approach
  • 0WQ63ZZRepair Neck, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ64ZZRepair Neck, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ6XZ2Repair Neck, Stoma, External Approach
  • 0WQ6XZZRepair Neck, External Approach
  • 0WQ80ZZRepair Chest Wall, Open Approach
  • 0WQ83ZZRepair Chest Wall, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ84ZZRepair Chest Wall, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026