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Inpatient Procedure Code

0HXKXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Transfer Right Lower 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 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 PartK

Skin, Right Lower Leg

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 30 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.

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, 0HXLXZZ — Transfer Left Lower Leg Skin, External Approach, 0HXMXZZ — Transfer Right Foot Skin, External Approach, 0HXNXZZ — Transfer Left Foot 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 0HXKXZZ 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

MS-DRG participation (30)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MDC crossing · diagnoses (7119)

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.