ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09D Ear, Nose, Sinus, Extraction › 09D78ZZ
Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, 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 Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, 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 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 09D70ZZ | Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09D73ZZ | Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 09D74ZZ | Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 09D77ZZ | Extraction of Right Tympanic Membrane, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 09D80ZZ | Extraction of Left Tympanic Membrane, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09D83ZZ | Extraction of Left Tympanic Membrane, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 09D84ZZ | Extraction of Left Tympanic Membrane, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 09D87ZZ | Extraction of Left Tympanic Membrane, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 09D88ZZ | Extraction of Left Tympanic Membrane, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 09D90ZZ | Extraction of Right Auditory Ossicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09DA0ZZ | Extraction of Left Auditory Ossicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09DB0ZZ | Extraction of Right Mastoid Sinus, Open Approach | Valid |