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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HRBXK3 ICD-10-PCS Code: Replacement of Right Upper Arm Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach

Replace R Up Arm Skin w Nonaut Sub, Full Thick, Extern

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 OperationR

Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

4
Body PartB

Skin, Right Upper Arm

5
ApproachX

External

6
DeviceK

Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

7
Qualifier3

Full Thickness

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 21 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.

0HR7XK3 — Replacement of Abdomen Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HR8XK3 — Replacement of Buttock Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HR9XK3 — Replacement of Perineum Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRAXK3 — Replacement of Inguinal Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRCXK3 — Replacement of Left Upper Arm Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRDXK3 — Replacement of Right Lower Arm Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HREXK3 — Replacement of Left Lower Arm Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRFXK3 — Replacement of Right Hand Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, +14 more

Same operation — other Device

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

0HRBX73 — Replacement of Right Upper Arm Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRBXJ3 — Replacement of Right Upper Arm Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach

Same operation — other Qualifier

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

0HRBXK4 — Replacement of Right Upper Arm Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, 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 graft (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.

0HX0XZZ — Transfer Scalp Skin, External Approach, 0HX1XZZ — Transfer Face Skin, External Approach, 0HX2XZZ — Transfer Right Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HX3XZZ — Transfer Left Ear Skin, External Approach, 0HX4XZZ — Transfer Neck Skin, External Approach, 0HX5XZZ — Transfer Chest Skin, External Approach, 0HX6XZZ — Transfer Back Skin, External Approach, 0HX7XZZ — Transfer Abdomen Skin, External Approach, 0HX8XZZ — Transfer Buttock Skin, External Approach, 0HX9XZZ — Transfer Perineum Skin, External Approach, 0HXAXZZ — Transfer Inguinal Skin, External Approach, 0HXBXZZ — Transfer Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HXCXZZ — Transfer Left Upper Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HXDXZZ — Transfer Right Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HXEXZZ — Transfer Left Lower Arm Skin, External Approach, 0HXFXZZ — Transfer Right Hand Skin, External Approach, 0HXGXZZ — Transfer Left Hand Skin, External Approach, 0HXHXZZ — Transfer Right Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HXJXZZ — Transfer Left Upper Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HXKXZZ — Transfer Right Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, +12 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0HRBXK3 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 0HRBXK3 with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation (21)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • SKB007 — Skin graft[CCSR category]: “Skin graft — Skin and Breast Procedures”— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (HCUP) · v2026.1

MDC crossing · diagnoses (35262)

  • MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — 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 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System — 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
  • A02.21 — Salmonella meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Salmonella meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A06.6 — Amebic brain abscess[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Amebic brain abscess — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculous meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningeal tuberculoma — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 35257 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