0SPC0LZRemoval of Medial Unicondylar Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach

0SPC0LZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a removal procedure on the right knee joint using an open approach with synthetic substitute, unicondylar medial. In ICD-10-PCS, removal means taking out or off a device from a body part.

For a different body part, codes include 0SPD0LZ (left knee joint).

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0SPC3LZ (percutaneous) and 0SPC4LZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0SPC00Z (drainage device), 0SPC03Z (infusion device), 0SPC04Z (internal fixation device), 0SPC05Z (external fixation device), 0SPC07Z (autologous tissue substitute), 0SPC08Z (spacer) and 6 more.

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for 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 463 (Wound Debridement or Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders with MCC or Insertion of Antibiotic-eluting Bone Void Filler), DRG 464 (Wound Debridement or Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders with CC), DRG 465 (Wound Debridement or Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders without CC/MCC) and DRG 907 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with MCC), under the surgical categories “Hip or Knee Procedures with Principal Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection”, “Wound Debridement or Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders”, “Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries” and 2 more.

It was added in FY2019, effective October 1, 2018.