0QH63DZInsertion of Hybrid External Fixation Device into Right Upper Femur, Percutaneous Approach

0QH63DZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the right upper femur using a percutaneous approach with external fixation device, hybrid. 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 application of external fixator device, femur and application of hybrid external fixator device, the ICD-9-CM procedure titles it maps to (78.15 and 84.73).

For a different body part, codes include 0QH73DZ (left upper femur), 0QH83DZ (right femoral shaft), 0QH93DZ (left femoral shaft), 0QHB3DZ (right lower femur), 0QHC3DZ (left lower femur), 0QHG3DZ (right tibia) and 3 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0QH60DZ (open) and 0QH64DZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0QH634Z (internal fixation device), 0QH635Z (external fixation device), 0QH636Z (internal fixation device, intramedullary), 0QH638Z (external fixation device, limb lengthening), 0QH63BZ (external fixation device, monoplanar) and 0QH63CZ (external fixation device, ring).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 480 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC or Insertion of Antibiotic-eluting Bone Void Filler), DRG 481 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with CC), DRG 482 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without CC/MCC), DRG 907 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with MCC), DRG 908 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with CC) and DRG 909 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint”, “Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries” and “Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma”.

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