0SCC3ZZExtirpation of Matter from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach

0SCC3ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a extirpation procedure on the right knee joint using a percutaneous approach. In ICD-10-PCS, extirpation means taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to other arthrotomy, knee, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (80.16).

For a different body part, codes include 0SC03ZZ (lumbar vertebral joint), 0SC23ZZ (lumbar vertebral disc), 0SC33ZZ (lumbosacral joint), 0SC43ZZ (lumbosacral disc), 0SC53ZZ (sacrococcygeal joint), 0SC63ZZ (coccygeal joint) and 15 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0SCC0ZZ (open) and 0SCC4ZZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 400 (Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Infection), DRG 403 (Hip or Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection with MCC or Insertion of Antibiotic-eluting Bone Void Filler), DRG 404 (Hip or Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection without MCC), DRG 488 (Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection with CC/MCC), DRG 489 (Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection without CC/MCC) and DRG 628 (Other Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic O.R. Procedures with MCC or Insertion of Antibiotic-eluting Bone Void Filler), under the surgical categories “Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Infection”, “Hip or Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection”, “Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection” and 2 more.

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