ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 098 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Division › 098L8ZZ
Division of Nasal Turbinate, 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 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Division of Nasal Turbinate, 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 Division
Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part
All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions
For example
- Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy
4. Body Part Nasal Turbinate
Also covers
- Inferior turbinate
- Middle turbinate
- Nasal concha
- Superior turbinate
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 098L0ZZ | Division of Nasal Turbinate, Open Approach | Valid |
| 098L3ZZ | Division of Nasal Turbinate, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 098L4ZZ | Division of Nasal Turbinate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 098L7ZZ | Division of Nasal Turbinate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |