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ICD 10 Code 0HRJX72

Replacement of Left Upper Leg Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Cell Suspension Technique, External Approach
“Replace L Up Leg Skin w Autol Sub, Cel Susp, Extern” for short

0HRJX72 is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Replacement of Left Upper Leg Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Cell Suspension Technique, External Approach. It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

Replacement involves:
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part. The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

External approach involves:
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Replacement includes:

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

Autologous Tissue Substitute device includes:

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft
MS-DRG - Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group
  • MDC 01 Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
    Peripheral and Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures
    • DRG 040 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 041 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR
    • DRG 042 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 05 Diseases & Disorders of the Circulatory System
    Other Circulatory O.R. Procedures
    • DRG 264 - OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES
  • MDC 08 Diseases & Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue
    Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand, for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders
    • DRG 463 - WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC
    • DRG 464 - WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC
    • DRG 465 - WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 09 Diseases & Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue & Breast
    Skin Graft
    • DRG 573 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC
    • DRG 574 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC
    • DRG 575 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 576 - SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC
    • DRG 577 - SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC
    • DRG 578 - SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 10 Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases & Disorders
    Skin Grafts and Wound Debridement for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
    • DRG 622 - SKIN GRAFTS AND WOUND DEBRIDEMENT FOR ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISORDERS WITH MCC
    • DRG 623 - SKIN GRAFTS AND WOUND DEBRIDEMENT FOR ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISORDERS WITH CC
    • DRG 624 - SKIN GRAFTS AND WOUND DEBRIDEMENT FOR ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 21 Injuries, Poisonings & Toxic Effects of Drugs
    Skin Grafts for Injuries
    • DRG 904 - SKIN GRAFTS FOR INJURIES WITH CC/MCC
    • DRG 905 - SKIN GRAFTS FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 22 Burns
    Extensive Burns or Full Thickness Burns with MV >96 Hours with Skin Graft
    • DRG 927 - EXTENSIVE BURNS OR FULL THICKNESS BURNS WITH MV >96 HOURS WITH SKIN GRAFT
  • MDC 22 Burns
    Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury
    • DRG 928 - FULL THICKNESS BURN WITH SKIN GRAFT OR INHALATION INJURY WITH CC/MCC
    • DRG 929 - FULL THICKNESS BURN WITH SKIN GRAFT OR INHALATION INJURY WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 24 Multiple Significant Trauma
    Other Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
    • DRG 957 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH MCC
    • DRG 958 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH CC
    • DRG 959 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITHOUT CC/MCC

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 0HRJX72 — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System H Skin and Breast
3: Root Operation R Replacement
4: Body Part J Skin, Left Upper Leg
5: Approach X External
6: Device 7 Autologous Tissue Substitute
7: Qualifier 2 Cell Suspension Technique

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Medical and Surgical terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.