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ICD-10-PCS 2027 procedure code

0QNC3ZZRelease Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach

✓ Valid for 2027O.R. procedure

Code unchanged since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-PCS release from CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data

About 0QNC3ZZ

0QNC3ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a release procedure on the left lower femur using a percutaneous approach. In ICD-10-PCS, release means freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force.

In plain terms, this corresponds to other repair or plastic operations on bone, femur, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (78.45).

For a different body part, codes include 0QN03ZZ (lumbar vertebra), 0QN13ZZ (sacrum), 0QN23ZZ (right pelvic bone), 0QN33ZZ (left pelvic bone), 0QN43ZZ (right acetabulum), 0QN53ZZ (left acetabulum) and 18 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0QNC0ZZ (open) and 0QNC4ZZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 480 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC or Insertion of Antibiotic-eluting Bone Void Filler), DRG 481 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with CC), DRG 482 (Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without CC/MCC), DRG 907 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with MCC), DRG 908 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries with CC) and DRG 909 (Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint”, “Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries” and “Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma”.

It has been valid since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015.

What each character means

1. Section
0Medical and Surgical
2. Body System
QLower Bones
3. Operation
NRelease

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force

Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

Includes: Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release

4. Body Part
CLower Femur, Left

Includes: Lateral condyle of femur; Lateral epicondyle of femur; Medial condyle of femur; Medial epicondyle of femur

5. Approach
3Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device
ZNo Device
7. Qualifier
ZNo Qualifier

Other versions of this procedure

MS-DRG v44.0 grouping

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Surgical MS-DRGs this procedure can group to, depending on the principal diagnosis's MDC.

MDC 24 · Multiple Significant Trauma · Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma

ICD-9-CM equivalent

Converter →
  • 78.45Other repair or plastic operations on bone, femurapproximate

From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.

Code history

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  10. 2025
  11. 2026
  12. 2027
  • FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
  • No changes since FY2016.

Common questions about 0QNC3ZZ

Is 0QNC3ZZ a valid ICD-10-PCS code for 2027?

Yes. 0QNC3ZZ is valid for inpatient procedures from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Is 0QNC3ZZ an O.R. procedure?

Yes. 0QNC3ZZ is an O.R. procedure in MS-DRG v44.0.

What DRG does 0QNC3ZZ group to?

Depending on the principal diagnosis, 0QNC3ZZ can group to MS-DRG 480, MS-DRG 481, MS-DRG 482, MS-DRG 907, MS-DRG 908 and MS-DRG 909.

What is the ICD-9 procedure code for 0QNC3ZZ?

The CMS GEMs map 0QNC3ZZ to ICD-9-CM 78.45 (Other repair or plastic operations on bone, femur).