0LD40ZZExtraction of Left Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach

0LD40ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a extraction procedure on the left upper arm tendon using an open approach. In ICD-10-PCS, extraction means pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force.

In plain terms, this corresponds to nonexcisional debridement of wound, infection or burn, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (86.28).

For a different body part, codes include 0LD00ZZ (head and neck tendon), 0LD10ZZ (right shoulder tendon), 0LD20ZZ (left shoulder tendon), 0LD30ZZ (right upper arm tendon), 0LD50ZZ (right lower arm and wrist tendon), 0LD60ZZ (left lower arm and wrist tendon) and 21 more.

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 040 (Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with MCC), DRG 041 (Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with CC or Peripheral Neurostimulator), DRG 042 (Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures without CC/MCC), DRG 500 (Soft Tissue Procedures with MCC), DRG 501 (Soft Tissue Procedures with CC) and DRG 502 (Soft Tissue Procedures without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures”, “Soft Tissue Procedures”, “Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures” and 2 more.

It was added in FY2018, effective October 1, 2017.