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0CX7XZZ

Transfer Tongue, External Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Transfer Tongue, 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 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 Tongue

Also covers

  • Frenulum linguae

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0CX00ZZ Transfer Upper Lip, Open Approach Valid
0CX0XZZ Transfer Upper Lip, External Approach Valid
0CX10ZZ Transfer Lower Lip, Open Approach Valid
0CX1XZZ Transfer Lower Lip, External Approach Valid
0CX30ZZ Transfer Soft Palate, Open Approach Valid
0CX3XZZ Transfer Soft Palate, External Approach Valid
0CX40ZZ Transfer Buccal Mucosa, Open Approach Valid
0CX4XZZ Transfer Buccal Mucosa, External Approach Valid
0CX50ZZ Transfer Upper Gingiva, Open Approach Valid
0CX5XZZ Transfer Upper Gingiva, External Approach Valid
0CX60ZZ Transfer Lower Gingiva, Open Approach Valid
0CX6XZZ Transfer Lower Gingiva, External Approach Valid