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09XL0Z1

Transfer Nasal Turbinate to Frontal Bone, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2026 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.

  1. FY2026 Added to the code set Transfer Nasal Turbinate to Frontal Bone, 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 Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

For example

  • Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer

4. Body Part Nasal Turbinate

Also covers

  • Inferior turbinate
  • Middle turbinate
  • Nasal concha
  • Superior turbinate

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
09XK0Z1 Transfer Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue to Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XK0Z2 Transfer Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue to Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XK0Z3 Transfer Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue to Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XK0Z4 Transfer Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue to Occipital Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XL0Z2 Transfer Nasal Turbinate to Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XL0Z3 Transfer Nasal Turbinate to Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XL0Z4 Transfer Nasal Turbinate to Occipital Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XM0Z1 Transfer Nasal Septum to Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XM0Z2 Transfer Nasal Septum to Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XM0Z3 Transfer Nasal Septum to Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
09XM0Z4 Transfer Nasal Septum to Occipital Bone, Open Approach Valid