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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HXAXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Transfer Inguinal 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 OperationX

Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

4
Body PartA

Skin, Inguinal

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 an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 27 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.

0HX6XZZ — Transfer Back Skin, External Approach, 0HX7XZZ — Transfer Abdomen Skin, External Approach, 0HX8XZZ — Transfer Buttock Skin, External Approach, 0HX9XZZ — Transfer Perineum 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, +14 more

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.

0HRNX72 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Cell Suspension Technique, External Approach, 0HRNX73 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRNX74 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach, 0HRNXJ3 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRNXJ4 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach, 0HRNXJZ — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach, 0HRNXK3 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach, 0HRNXK4 — Replacement of Left Foot Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach, 0HRSX7Z — Replacement of Hair with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach, 0HRSXJZ — Replacement of Hair with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach, 0HRSXKZ — Replacement of Hair with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach, XHR0XGA — Replacement of Head and Neck Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR1XGA — Replacement of Chest Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR2XGA — Replacement of Abdomen Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR3XGA — Replacement of Back Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR4XGA — Replacement of Right Upper Extremity Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR5XGA — Replacement of Left Upper Extremity Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR6XGA — Replacement of Right Lower Extremity Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHR7XGA — Replacement of Left Lower Extremity Skin with Prademagene Zamikeracel, Genetically Engineered Autologous Cell Therapy, External Approach, New Technology Group 10, XHRPXF7 — Replacement of Skin with Bioengineered Allogeneic Construct, External Approach, New Technology Group 7, +176 more

Contextual Map

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

PCS table

MS-DRG participation (27)

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 (31016)

  • 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 31011 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