AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Procedure Codes, Section 0-Medical and Surgical

Partial (Unicondylar) Knee Replacement

A new device value was added to differentiate unicondylar knee replacement from other knee replacement procedures. In addition, body part values C-Knee Joint, Right and D-Knee Joint, Left, were moved into their own rows to enable this. DeviceL Synthetic Substitute, Unicondylar This change impacts just one table: 0SR      Replacement of Lower Joints The articular surfaces in the knee are the condyles. In the medial compartment of the knee, the medial condyle of the femur articulates with the medial condyle of the tibia. In the lateral compartment of the knee, the lateral condyle of the femur...

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