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Inpatient Procedure Code

0H5HXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Destruction of Right Upper Leg Skin, External Approach

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 SystemH

Skin and Breast

3
Root Operation5

Destruction

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

4
Body PartH

Skin, Right Upper Leg

5
ApproachX

External

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 a non-operating-room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 3 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.

0H5DXZZ — Destruction of Right Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0H5EXZZ — Destruction of Left Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0H5FXZZ — Destruction of Right Hand Skin, External Approach, 0H5GXZZ — Destruction of Left Hand Skin, External Approach, 0H5JXZZ — Destruction of Left Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5KXZZ — Destruction of Right Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5LXZZ — Destruction of Left Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5MXZZ — Destruction of Right Foot Skin, External Approach, +18 more

Same operation — other Qualifier

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

0H5HXZD — Destruction of Right Upper Leg Skin, Multiple, External Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Skin excision and debridement (Skin and Breast 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.

0HB0XZZ — Excision of Scalp Skin, External Approach, 0HB1XZZ — Excision of Face Skin, External Approach, 0HB2XZZ — Excision of Right Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HB3XZZ — Excision of Left Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HB4XZZ — Excision of Neck Skin, External Approach, 0HB5XZZ — Excision of Chest Skin, External Approach, 0HB6XZZ — Excision of Back Skin, External Approach, 0HB7XZZ — Excision of Abdomen Skin, External Approach, 0HB8XZZ — Excision of Buttock Skin, External Approach, 0HB9XZZ — Excision of Perineum Skin, External Approach, 0HBAXZZ — Excision of Inguinal Skin, External Approach, 0HBBXZZ — Excision of Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HBCXZZ — Excision of Left Upper Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HBDXZZ — Excision of Right Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HBEXZZ — Excision of Left Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HBFXZZ — Excision of Right Hand Skin, External Approach, 0HBGXZZ — Excision of Left Hand Skin, External Approach, 0HBHXZZ — Excision of Right Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HBJXZZ — Excision of Left Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HBKXZZ — Excision of Right Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, +26 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0H5HXZZ 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 0H5HXZZ with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MDC crossing · diagnoses (5441)

  • MDC 09 — Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast — 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
  • A06.7 — Cutaneous amebiasis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous amebiasis — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A18.4 — Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A22.0 — Cutaneous anthrax[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous anthrax — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A31.1 — Cutaneous mycobacterial infection[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous mycobacterial infection — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A36.3 — Cutaneous diphtheria[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous diphtheria — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 5436 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