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07T00ZZ

Resection of Head Lymphatic, Open 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 Resection of Head Lymphatic, Open 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

4. Body Part Lymphatic, Head

Also covers

  • Buccinator lymph node
  • Infraauricular lymph node
  • Infraparotid lymph node
  • Parotid lymph node
  • Preauricular lymph node
  • Submandibular lymph node
  • Submaxillary lymph node
  • Submental lymph node

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
07T04ZZ Resection of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T10ZZ Resection of Right Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07T14ZZ Resection of Right Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T20ZZ Resection of Left Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07T24ZZ Resection of Left Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T30ZZ Resection of Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07T34ZZ Resection of Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T40ZZ Resection of Left Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07T44ZZ Resection of Left Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T50ZZ Resection of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07T54ZZ Resection of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07T60ZZ Resection of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid