0PHL48ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Ulna, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

0PHL48Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the left ulna using a percutaneous endoscopic approach with external fixation device, limb lengthening. In ICD-10-PCS, insertion means putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to implantation of other internal limb lengthening device, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (84.54).

For a different body part, codes include 0PHC48Z (right humeral head), 0PHD48Z (left humeral head), 0PHF48Z (right humeral shaft), 0PHG48Z (left humeral shaft), 0PHH48Z (right radius), 0PHJ48Z (left radius) and 1 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0PHL08Z (open) and 0PHL38Z (percutaneous).

With a different device, use 0PHL44Z (internal fixation device), 0PHL45Z (external fixation device), 0PHL46Z (internal fixation device, intramedullary), 0PHL4BZ (external fixation device, monoplanar), 0PHL4CZ (external fixation device, ring) and 0PHL4DZ (external fixation device, hybrid).

It doesn't appear in the MS-DRG procedure index, so on its own it doesn't change the DRG assignment.

It has been valid since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015.