0QHK48ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Fibula, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

0QHK48Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the left fibula 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 0QH648Z (right upper femur), 0QH748Z (left upper femur), 0QH848Z (right femoral shaft), 0QH948Z (left femoral shaft), 0QHB48Z (right lower femur), 0QHC48Z (left lower femur) and 3 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0QHK08Z (open) and 0QHK38Z (percutaneous).

With a different device, use 0QHK44Z (internal fixation device), 0QHK45Z (external fixation device), 0QHK46Z (internal fixation device, intramedullary), 0QHK4BZ (external fixation device, monoplanar), 0QHK4CZ (external fixation device, ring) and 0QHK4DZ (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.