ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0D Gastrointestinal System › 0DT Gastrointestinal System, Resection › 0DT27ZZ
Resection of Middle Esophagus, 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 Resection of Middle Esophagus, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
4. Body Part Esophagus, Middle
Also covers
- Thoracic esophagus
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0DT10ZZ | Resection of Upper Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DT14ZZ | Resection of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0DT17ZZ | Resection of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0DT18ZZ | Resection of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0DT20ZZ | Resection of Middle Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DT24ZZ | Resection of Middle Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0DT28ZZ | Resection of Middle Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0DT30ZZ | Resection of Lower Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DT34ZZ | Resection of Lower Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0DT37ZZ | Resection of Lower Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0DT38ZZ | Resection of Lower Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0DT40ZZ | Resection of Esophagogastric Junction, Open Approach | Valid |