0WQL0ZZ
0WQL0ZZ — Repair Lower Back, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Repair Lower Back, Open Approach
How 0WQL0ZZ 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.
- 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
- WBody systemWhich system it acts on
- QRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- LBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 0WQL0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 0WQF3ZZRepair Abdominal Wall, Percutaneous Approach
- 0WQF4ZZRepair Abdominal Wall, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0WQFXZ2Repair Abdominal Wall, Stoma, External Approach
- 0WQFXZZRepair Abdominal Wall, External Approach
- 0WQK0ZZRepair Upper Back, Open Approach
- 0WQK3ZZRepair Upper Back, Percutaneous Approach
- 0WQK4ZZRepair Upper Back, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0WQKXZZRepair Upper Back, External Approach
- 0WQL0ZZRepair Lower Back, Open Approach
- 0WQL3ZZRepair Lower Back, Percutaneous Approach
- 0WQL4ZZRepair Lower Back, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0WQLXZZRepair Lower Back, External Approach
- 0WQM0ZZRepair Male Perineum, Open Approach
- 0WQM3ZZRepair Male Perineum, Percutaneous Approach
- 0WQM4ZZRepair Male Perineum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0WQMXZZRepair Male Perineum, External Approach
- 0WQN0ZZRepair Female Perineum, Open Approach