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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HQ5XZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Repair Chest 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 OperationQ

Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

4
Body Part5

Skin, Chest

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.

0HQ1XZZ — Repair Face Skin, External Approach, 0HQ2XZZ — Repair Right Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HQ3XZZ — Repair Left Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HQ4XZZ — Repair Neck Skin, External Approach, 0HQ6XZZ — Repair Back Skin, External Approach, 0HQ7XZZ — Repair Abdomen Skin, External Approach, 0HQ8XZZ — Repair Buttock Skin, External Approach, 0HQ9XZZ — Repair Perineum Skin, External Approach, +18 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0HQ5XZZ 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