Inpatient Procedure Code

0JX50ZB

Transfer Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, Open Approach

Transfer Lt Neck Subcu/Fascia w Skin, Subcu, Open

Every ICD-10-PCS code is exactly seven characters, one per axis. Each character's meaning is defined by its position in the code.

Position	Value	Meaning
1	Section0	Medical and Surgical
2	Body SystemJ	Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia
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 Part5	Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Left Neck
5	Approach0	Open
6	DeviceZ	No Device
7	QualifierB	Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

The MS-DRG grouper treats this as an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 30 MS-DRGs:

MDC 01 — Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures: DRG 040, DRG 041, DRG 042
MDC 03 — Major Head and Neck Procedures: DRG 140, DRG 141, DRG 142
MDC 05 — Other Circulatory System O.R. Procedures: DRG 264
MDC 06 — Other Digestive System O.R. Procedures: DRG 356, DRG 357, DRG 358
MDC 08 — Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders: DRG 463, DRG 464, DRG 465
MDC 09 — Skin Graft: DRG 573, DRG 574, DRG 575, DRG 576, DRG 577, DRG 578
MDC 10 — Skin Grafts and Wound Debridement for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders: DRG 622, DRG 623, DRG 624
MDC 21 — Skin Grafts for Injuries: DRG 904, DRG 905
MDC 22 — Extensive Burns or Full Thickness Burns with MV >96 Hours: DRG 927
MDC 22 — Full Thickness Burn: DRG 928, DRG 929
MDC 24 — Other O.R. Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma: DRG 957, DRG 958, DRG 959

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual, Appendix E. Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2026 (April) baseline of the change ledger.