0RPC34ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Right Temporomandibular Joint, Percutaneous Approach

0RPC34Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a removal procedure on the right temporomandibular joint using a percutaneous approach with internal fixation device. In ICD-10-PCS, removal means taking out or off a device from a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to removal of internal fixation device from facial bone, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (76.97).

For a different body part, codes include 0RP034Z (occipital-cervical joint), 0RP134Z (cervical vertebral joint), 0RP434Z (cervicothoracic vertebral joint), 0RP634Z (thoracic vertebral joint), 0RPA34Z (thoracolumbar vertebral joint), 0RPD34Z (left temporomandibular joint) and 18 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0RPC04Z (open), 0RPC44Z (percutaneous endoscopic) and 0RPCX4Z (external).

With a different device, use 0RPC30Z (drainage device), 0RPC33Z (infusion device), 0RPC37Z (autologous tissue substitute), 0RPC38Z (spacer), 0RPC3JZ (synthetic substitute) and 0RPC3KZ (nonautologous tissue substitute).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 143 (Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat O.R. Procedures with MCC), DRG 144 (Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat O.R. Procedures with CC), DRG 145 (Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat O.R. Procedures without CC/MCC), DRG 495 (Local Excision and Removal of Internal Fixation Devices Except Hip and Femur with MCC), DRG 496 (Local Excision and Removal of Internal Fixation Devices Except Hip and Femur with CC) and DRG 497 (Local Excision and Removal of Internal Fixation Devices Except Hip and Femur without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat O.R. Procedures”, “Local Excision and Removal of Internal Fixation Devices Except Hip and Femur”, “Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries” and 1 more.

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