0QHC35ZInsertion of External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach

0QHC35Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the left lower femur using a percutaneous approach with external fixation device. 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, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (78.15).

For a different body part, codes include 0QH035Z (lumbar vertebra), 0QH135Z (sacrum), 0QH235Z (right pelvic bone), 0QH335Z (left pelvic bone), 0QH435Z (right acetabulum), 0QH535Z (left acetabulum) and 18 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0QHC05Z (open) and 0QHC45Z (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0QHC34Z (internal fixation device), 0QHC36Z (internal fixation device, intramedullary), 0QHC38Z (external fixation device, limb lengthening), 0QHC3BZ (external fixation device, monoplanar), 0QHC3CZ (external fixation device, ring) and 0QHC3DZ (external fixation device, hybrid).

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.