0STC0ZZResection of Right Knee Joint, Open Approach

0STC0ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a resection procedure on the right knee joint using an open approach. In ICD-10-PCS, resection means cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to other excision of joint, knee, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (80.96).

For a different body part, codes include 0ST20ZZ (lumbar vertebral disc), 0ST40ZZ (lumbosacral disc), 0ST50ZZ (sacrococcygeal joint), 0ST60ZZ (coccygeal joint), 0ST70ZZ (right sacroiliac joint), 0ST80ZZ (left sacroiliac joint) and 13 more.

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 907 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with MCC), 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.