ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0C7 Mouth and Throat, Dilation › 0C7M7ZZ
Dilation of Pharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Dilation of Pharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Pharynx
Also covers
- Base of Tongue
- Hypopharynx
- Laryngopharynx
- Lingual tonsil
- Oropharynx
- Piriform recess (sinus)
- Tongue, base of
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0C7B0DZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0C7B0ZZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0C7B3DZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0C7B3ZZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0C7B7DZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0C7B7ZZ | Dilation of Right Parotid Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0C7C0DZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0C7C0ZZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0C7C3DZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0C7C3ZZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0C7C7DZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0C7C7ZZ | Dilation of Left Parotid Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |