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Inpatient Procedure Code

0RHF08Z

Insertion of Spacer into Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach

Insertion of Spacer into L Sternoclav Jt, Open 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 SystemR

Upper Joints

3
Root OperationH

Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

4
Body PartF

Sternoclavicular Joint, Left

5
Approach0

Open

6
Device8

Spacer

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

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

0RHA08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Thoracolumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach, 0RHC08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHD08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHE08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHG08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Acromioclavicular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHH08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Acromioclavicular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHJ08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Shoulder Joint, Open Approach, 0RHK08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Shoulder Joint, Open Approach, +16 more

Same operation — other Approach

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

0RHF38Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Percutaneous Approach, 0RHF48Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

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

0RHF03Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach, 0RHF04Z — Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0RHF08Z 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

  • 0RH[PCS table]
  • [object Object] — Section: [object Object] [Section]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Body System: [object Object] [Body System]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Operation: [object Object] [Operation]: “[object Object]”

Nearest codes

  • 0RH008Z — Insertion of Spacer into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RH108Z — Insertion of Spacer into Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RH408Z — Insertion of Spacer into Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RH608Z — Insertion of Spacer into Thoracic Vertebral Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RHA08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Thoracolumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RHC08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RHD08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Left Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 0RHE08Z — Insertion of Spacer into Right Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach [One axis away]

Change history

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