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78.18 - Application Of External Fixator Device, Tarsals And Metatarsals


The ICD 9 Code for Application of external fixator device, tarsals and metatarsals is listed as 78.18.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 78.18
Description: Application of external fixator device, tarsals and metatarsals
Short Description: Appl ext fix-metatar/tar
Chapter: Operations on the musculoskeletal system
Subsection 1: Other operations on bones, except facial bones
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHL05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Tarsal, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHL35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Tarsal, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHL45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Tarsal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHM05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Tarsal, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHM35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Tarsal, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHM45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Tarsal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHN05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Metatarsal, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHN35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Metatarsal, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHN45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Metatarsal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHP05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Metatarsal, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHP35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Metatarsal, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0QHP45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Metatarsal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 78.18:
78.10 - Application of external fixator device, unspecified site
78.11 - Application of external fixator device, scapula, clavicle, and thorax [ribs and sternum]
78.12 - Application of external fixator device, humerus
78.13 - Application of external fixator device, radius and ulna
78.14 - Application of external fixator device, carpals and metacarpals
78.15 - Application of external fixator device, femur
78.16 - Application of external fixator device, patella
78.17 - Application of external fixator device, tibia and fibula
78.19 - Application of external fixator device, other bones