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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HBHXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Excision 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 OperationB

Excision

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

4
Body PartH

Skin, Right Upper Leg

5
ApproachX

External

6
DeviceZ

No Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

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

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, 0HBJXZZ — Excision of Left Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HBKXZZ — Excision of Right Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HBLXZZ — Excision of Left Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HBMXZZ — Excision of Right Foot Skin, External Approach, +18 more

Same operation — other Qualifier

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

0HBHXZX — Excision of Right Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, Diagnostic

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.

0H5JXZD — Destruction of Left Upper Leg Skin, Multiple, External Approach, 0H5JXZZ — Destruction of Left Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5KXZD — Destruction of Right Lower Leg Skin, Multiple, External Approach, 0H5KXZZ — Destruction of Right Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5LXZD — Destruction of Left Lower Leg Skin, Multiple, External Approach, 0H5LXZZ — Destruction of Left Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0H5MXZD — Destruction of Right Foot Skin, Multiple, External Approach, 0H5MXZZ — Destruction of Right Foot Skin, External Approach, 0H5NXZD — Destruction of Left Foot Skin, Multiple, External Approach, 0H5NXZZ — Destruction of Left Foot Skin, External Approach, 0HD0XZZ — Extraction of Scalp Skin, External Approach, 0HD1XZZ — Extraction of Face Skin, External Approach, 0HD2XZZ — Extraction of Right Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HD3XZZ — Extraction of Left Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HD4XZZ — Extraction of Neck Skin, External Approach, 0HD5XZZ — Extraction of Chest Skin, External Approach, 0HD6XZZ — Extraction of Back Skin, External Approach, 0HD7XZZ — Extraction of Abdomen Skin, External Approach, 0HD8XZZ — Extraction of Buttock Skin, External Approach, 0HD9XZZ — Extraction of Perineum Skin, External Approach, +49 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0HBHXZZ 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.

PCS table

Clinical classification (CCSR)

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