ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 097 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Dilation › 097N8ZZ
Dilation of Nasopharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.
- FY2024 Added to the code set Dilation of Nasopharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
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 Dilation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part
For example
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
4. Body Part Nasopharynx
Also covers
- Choana
- Fossa of Rosenmuller
- Pharyngeal recess
- Rhinopharynx
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 097F0DZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 097F0ZZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube, Open Approach | Valid |
| 097F3ZZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 097F4ZZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 097F7DZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 097F7ZZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 097F8DZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 097F8ZZ | Dilation of Right Eustachian Tube, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 097G0DZ | Dilation of Left Eustachian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 097G0ZZ | Dilation of Left Eustachian Tube, Open Approach | Valid |
| 097G3ZZ | Dilation of Left Eustachian Tube, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 097G4ZZ | Dilation of Left Eustachian Tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |