0SHC08ZInsertion of Spacer into Right Knee Joint, Open Approach

0SHC08Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the right knee joint using an open approach with spacer. 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 insertion or replacement of (cement) spacer, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (84.56).

For a different body part, codes include 0SH008Z (lumbar vertebral joint), 0SH208Z (lumbar vertebral disc), 0SH308Z (lumbosacral joint), 0SH408Z (lumbosacral disc), 0SH508Z (sacrococcygeal joint), 0SH608Z (coccygeal joint) and 15 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0SHC38Z (percutaneous) and 0SHC48Z (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0SHC03Z (infusion device), 0SHC04Z (internal fixation device) and 0SHC05Z (external fixation device).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 400 (Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Infection), DRG 488 (Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection with CC/MCC) and DRG 489 (Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Infection” and “Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection”.

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