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ICD-10-PCS Root Operation 5
Medical and Surgical, Lower Joints, Destruction

The Destruction root operation is identified by the character code 5 in the 3rd position of the procedure code. It is defined as Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent. None of the body part is physically taken out.

Includes:

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion
ICD-10-PCS code structure

Section:
  0 = Medical and Surgical

Body System:
  S = Lower Joints

Root Operation:

See Terms used in Medical and Surgical

The 4th character refers to the body part or body region.

Outline View ICD-10-PCS Table View

Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

  • 0S5G - Ankle Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Inferior tibiofibular joint
    • Talocrural joint

  • 0S5F - Ankle Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Inferior tibiofibular joint
    • Talocrural joint

  • 0S56 - Coccygeal Joint

  • 0S5B - Hip Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Acetabulofemoral joint

  • 0S59 - Hip Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Acetabulofemoral joint

  • 0S5D - Knee Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Femoropatellar joint
    • Femorotibial joint
    • Lateral meniscus
    • Medial meniscus
    • Patellofemoral joint
    • Tibiofemoral joint

  • 0S5C - Knee Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Femoropatellar joint
    • Femorotibial joint
    • Lateral meniscus
    • Medial meniscus
    • Patellofemoral joint
    • Tibiofemoral joint

  • 0S52 - Lumbar Vertebral Disc

  • 0S50 - Lumbar Vertebral Joint

    Includes:
    • Lumbar facet joint

  • 0S54 - Lumbosacral Disc

  • 0S53 - Lumbosacral Joint

    Includes:
    • Lumbosacral facet joint

  • 0S5N - Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint

  • 0S5M - Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint

  • 0S55 - Sacrococcygeal Joint

    Includes:
    • Sacrococcygeal symphysis

  • 0S58 - Sacroiliac Joint, Left

  • 0S57 - Sacroiliac Joint, Right

  • 0S5J - Tarsal Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Calcaneocuboid joint
    • Cuboideonavicular joint
    • Cuneonavicular joint
    • Intercuneiform joint
    • Subtalar (talocalcaneal) joint
    • Talocalcaneal (subtalar) joint
    • Talocalcaneonavicular joint

  • 0S5H - Tarsal Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Calcaneocuboid joint
    • Cuboideonavicular joint
    • Cuneonavicular joint
    • Intercuneiform joint
    • Subtalar (talocalcaneal) joint
    • Talocalcaneal (subtalar) joint
    • Talocalcaneonavicular joint

  • 0S5L - Tarsometatarsal Joint, Left

  • 0S5K - Tarsometatarsal Joint, Right

  • 0S5Q - Toe Phalangeal Joint, Left

    Includes:
    • Interphalangeal (IP) joint

  • 0S5P - Toe Phalangeal Joint, Right

    Includes:
    • Interphalangeal (IP) joint