ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09C Ear, Nose, Sinus, Extirpation › 09CL8ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from 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 Extirpation of Matter from 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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 09C00ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Ear, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09C03ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 09C04ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 09C0XZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Ear, External Approach | Valid |
| 09C10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left External Ear, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09C13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left External Ear, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 09C14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 09C1XZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left External Ear, External Approach | Valid |
| 09C30ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Auditory Canal, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09C33ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 09C34ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 09C37ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right External Auditory Canal, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |