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Inpatient Procedure Code

0WQLXZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Repair Lower Back, 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 SystemW

Anatomical Regions, General

3
Root OperationQ

Repair

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

4
Body PartL

Lower Back

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 6 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.

0WQ4XZZ — Repair Upper Jaw, External Approach, 0WQ5XZZ — Repair Lower Jaw, External Approach, 0WQ6XZZ — Repair Neck, External Approach, 0WQ8XZZ — Repair Chest Wall, External Approach, 0WQFXZZ — Repair Abdominal Wall, External Approach, 0WQKXZZ — Repair Upper Back, External Approach, 0WQMXZZ — Repair Male Perineum, External Approach, 0WQNXZZ — Repair Female Perineum, External Approach, +3 more

Same operation — other Approach

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

0WQL0ZZ — Repair Lower Back, Open Approach, 0WQL3ZZ — Repair Lower Back, Percutaneous Approach, 0WQL4ZZ — Repair Lower Back, 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.

+3401 more

Contextual Map

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

PCS table

MS-DRG participation

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • MST030 — Musculoskeletal procedures, NEC[CCSR category]: “Musculoskeletal procedures, NEC — Musculoskeletal, Subcutaneous Tissue, and Fascia Procedures”— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (HCUP) · v2026.1

MDC crossing · diagnoses (11835)

  • MDC 09 — Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast — 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 21 — Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs[MDC crossing]: “Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs — 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
  • A06.7 — Cutaneous amebiasis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous amebiasis — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A18.4 — Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A22.0 — Cutaneous anthrax[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous anthrax — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A31.1 — Cutaneous mycobacterial infection[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous mycobacterial infection — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A36.3 — Cutaneous diphtheria[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Cutaneous diphtheria — grouped in MDC 09, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 11830 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