ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CJ Mouth and Throat, Inspection › 0CJYXZZ
Inspection of Mouth and Throat, External Approach
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 Inspection of Mouth and Throat, External 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 Inspection
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part
Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers
For example
- Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
5. Approach External
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0CJA0ZZ | Inspection of Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CJA3ZZ | Inspection of Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CJAXZZ | Inspection of Salivary Gland, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CJS0ZZ | Inspection of Larynx, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CJS3ZZ | Inspection of Larynx, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CJS4ZZ | Inspection of Larynx, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0CJS7ZZ | Inspection of Larynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CJS8ZZ | Inspection of Larynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0CJSXZZ | Inspection of Larynx, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CJY0ZZ | Inspection of Mouth and Throat, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CJY3ZZ | Inspection of Mouth and Throat, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CJY4ZZ | Inspection of Mouth and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |