ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CT Mouth and Throat, Resection › 0CTS8ZZ
Resection of Larynx, 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 Resection of Larynx, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
4. Body Part Larynx
Also covers
- Aryepiglottic fold
- Arytenoid cartilage
- Corniculate cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
- Cricothyroid membrane
- Cuneiform cartilage
- False vocal cord
- Glottis
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0CT00ZZ | Resection of Upper Lip, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT0XZZ | Resection of Upper Lip, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CT10ZZ | Resection of Lower Lip, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT1XZZ | Resection of Lower Lip, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CT20ZZ | Resection of Hard Palate, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT2XZZ | Resection of Hard Palate, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CT30ZZ | Resection of Soft Palate, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT3XZZ | Resection of Soft Palate, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CT70ZZ | Resection of Tongue, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT7XZZ | Resection of Tongue, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CT80ZZ | Resection of Right Parotid Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CT90ZZ | Resection of Left Parotid Gland, Open Approach | Valid |