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00DM3ZZ

Extraction of Facial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Extraction of Facial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Extraction

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Dilation and curettage, vein stripping

4. Body Part Facial Nerve

Also covers

  • Chorda tympani
  • Geniculate ganglion
  • Greater superficial petrosal nerve
  • Nerve to the stapedius
  • Parotid plexus
  • Posterior auricular nerve
  • Seventh cranial nerve
  • Submandibular ganglion

5. Approach Percutaneous

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00D00ZZ Extraction of Brain, Open Approach Valid
00D03ZZ Extraction of Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00D04ZZ Extraction of Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00D10ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach Valid
00D13ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00D14ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00D20ZZ Extraction of Dura Mater, Open Approach Valid
00D23ZZ Extraction of Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00D24ZZ Extraction of Dura Mater, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00D70ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Hemisphere, Open Approach Valid
00D73ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00D74ZZ Extraction of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid