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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HPPXYZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Removal of Other Device from 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 OperationP

Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

4
Body PartP

Skin

5
ApproachX

External

6
DeviceY

Other Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Device

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

0HPPX0Z — Removal of Drainage Device from Skin, External Approach, 0HPPX7Z — Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, External Approach, 0HPPXJZ — Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Skin, External Approach, 0HPPXKZ — Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, 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 and breast procedures, NEC (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.

0HNW0ZZ — Release Right Nipple, Open Approach, 0HNW3ZZ — Release Right Nipple, Percutaneous Approach, 0HNW7ZZ — Release Right Nipple, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, 0HNW8ZZ — Release Right Nipple, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0HNWXZZ — Release Right Nipple, External Approach, 0HNX0ZZ — Release Left Nipple, Open Approach, 0HNX3ZZ — Release Left Nipple, Percutaneous Approach, 0HNX7ZZ — Release Left Nipple, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, 0HNX8ZZ — Release Left Nipple, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0HNXXZZ — Release Left Nipple, External Approach, 0HQT0ZZ — Repair Right Breast, Open Approach, 0HQT3ZZ — Repair Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach, 0HQT7ZZ — Repair Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, 0HQT8ZZ — Repair Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0HQU0ZZ — Repair Left Breast, Open Approach, 0HQU3ZZ — Repair Left Breast, Percutaneous Approach, 0HQU7ZZ — Repair Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, 0HQU8ZZ — Repair Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, 0HQV0ZZ — Repair Bilateral Breast, Open Approach, 0HQV3ZZ — Repair Bilateral Breast, Percutaneous Approach, +168 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0HPPXYZ 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