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Inpatient Procedure Code

0FB48ZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Excision of Gallbladder, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

Excision of Gallbladder, Endo

Axis Breakdown

Every ICD-10-PCS code is exactly seven characters, one per axis. Each character's meaning is defined by its position in the code.

PositionValueMeaning
1
Section0

Medical and Surgical

2
Body SystemF

Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas

3
Root OperationB

Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

4
Body Part4

Gallbladder

5
Approach8

Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

6
DeviceZ

No Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

The MS-DRG grouper treats this as an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 15 MS-DRGs:

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual, Appendix E. Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

Same table and root operation, differing only in the body part character.

0FB58ZZ — Excision of Right Hepatic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FB68ZZ — Excision of Left Hepatic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FB78ZZ — Excision of Common Hepatic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FB88ZZ — Excision of Cystic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FB98ZZ — Excision of Common Bile Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FBC8ZZ — Excision of Ampulla of Vater, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FBD8ZZ — Excision of Pancreatic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0FBF8ZZ — Excision of Accessory Pancreatic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, +1 more

Same operation — other Approach

Same table and root operation, differing only in the approach character.

0FB40ZZ — Excision of Gallbladder, Open Approach, 0FB43ZZ — Excision of Gallbladder, Percutaneous Approach, 0FB44ZZ — Excision of Gallbladder, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Qualifier

Same table and root operation, differing only in the qualifier character.

0FB48ZX — Excision of Gallbladder, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, Diagnostic

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Cholecystectomy (Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Procedures); listed here are the members in other PCS tables. Source: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2025.

0FJ44ZZ — Inspection of Gallbladder, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 0FT40ZZ — Resection of Gallbladder, Open Approach, 0FT44ZG — Resection of Gallbladder, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Hand-Assisted, 0FT44ZZ — Resection of Gallbladder, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0FB48ZZ in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run 0FB48ZZ with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation (15)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • HEP006 — Cholecystectomy[CCSR category]: “Cholecystectomy — Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Procedures”— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (HCUP) · v2026.1

MDC crossing · diagnoses (963)

  • MDC 07 — Diseases and Disorders of the Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • MDC 17 — Myeloproliferative Diseases and Disorders, Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms[MDC crossing]: “Myeloproliferative Diseases and Disorders, Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • A06.4 — Amebic liver abscess[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Amebic liver abscess — grouped in MDC 07, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A51.45 — Secondary syphilitic hepatitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Secondary syphilitic hepatitis — grouped in MDC 07, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A52.74 — Syphilis of liver and other viscera[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Syphilis of liver and other viscera — grouped in MDC 07, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • B15.0 — Hepatitis A with hepatic coma[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Hepatitis A with hepatic coma — grouped in MDC 07, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • B15.9 — Hepatitis A without hepatic coma[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Hepatitis A without hepatic coma — grouped in MDC 07, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 958 more

Nearest codes

Change history

No changes recorded for this code. This ledger tracks additions, deletions and description changes from FY2026 (April) onward. Note changes are not tracked.

Read from: CMS ICD-10-PCS code tables, index and definitions — FY2026 (April); CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43; AHRQ HCUP Clinical Classifications Software Refined for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR_v2026-1.zip) — v2026.1. All data sources · How to read the labels