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Inpatient Procedure Code

0SQGXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Repair Left Ankle Joint, 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 SystemS

Lower Joints

3
Root OperationQ

Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

4
Body PartG

Ankle Joint, Left

5
ApproachX

External

6
DeviceZ

No Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

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

0SQBXZZ — Repair Left Hip Joint, External Approach, 0SQCXZZ — Repair Right Knee Joint, External Approach, 0SQDXZZ — Repair Left Knee Joint, External Approach, 0SQFXZZ — Repair Right Ankle Joint, External Approach, 0SQHXZZ — Repair Right Tarsal Joint, External Approach, 0SQJXZZ — Repair Left Tarsal Joint, External Approach, 0SQKXZZ — Repair Right Tarsometatarsal Joint, External Approach, 0SQLXZZ — Repair Left Tarsometatarsal Joint, External Approach, +13 more

Same operation — other Approach

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

0SQG0ZZ — Repair Left Ankle Joint, Open Approach, 0SQG3ZZ — Repair Left Ankle Joint, Percutaneous Approach, 0SQG4ZZ — Repair Left Ankle Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Musculoskeletal procedures, NEC (Musculoskeletal, Subcutaneous Tissue, and Fascia 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.

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of 0SQGXZZ 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

Clinical classification (CCSR)

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.