XKUC068Billable procedure code

Supplement Upper Spine Bursa and Ligament with Posterior Vertebral Tether, Open Approach, New Technology Group 8

New Technology·Muscles, Tendons, Bursae and Ligaments·Table XKU·FY 2027

In ICD-10-PCS, code XKUC068 describes Supplement Upper Spine Bursa and Ligament with Posterior Vertebral Tether, Open Approach, New Technology Group 8. This procedure is listed in table XKU, part of Section X (New Technology). Its root operation is Supplement. The approach used is Open.

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What the code means

Supplement: root operation

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

Open: approach

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure