ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CD Mouth and Throat, Extraction › 0CDT8ZZ
Extraction of Right Vocal Cord, 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 Vocal Cord, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0CDT0ZZ | Extraction of Right Vocal Cord, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CDT3ZZ | Extraction of Right Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CDT4ZZ | Extraction of Right Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0CDT7ZZ | Extraction of Right Vocal Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CDV0ZZ | Extraction of Left Vocal Cord, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CDV3ZZ | Extraction of Left Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CDV4ZZ | Extraction of Left Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0CDV7ZZ | Extraction of Left Vocal Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CDV8ZZ | Extraction of Left Vocal Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0CDWXZ0 | Extraction of Upper Tooth, Single, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CDWXZ1 | Extraction of Upper Tooth, Multiple, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CDWXZ2 | Extraction of Upper Tooth, All, External Approach | Valid |