0QH708ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Upper Femur, Open Approach

0QH708Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the left upper femur using an open 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 0QH608Z (right upper femur), 0QH808Z (right femoral shaft), 0QH908Z (left femoral shaft), 0QHB08Z (right lower femur), 0QHC08Z (left lower femur), 0QHG08Z (right tibia) and 3 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0QH738Z (percutaneous) and 0QH748Z (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0QH704Z (internal fixation device), 0QH705Z (external fixation device), 0QH706Z (internal fixation device, intramedullary), 0QH70BZ (external fixation device, monoplanar), 0QH70CZ (external fixation device, ring) and 0QH70DZ (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.