ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0G Endocrine System › 0GC Endocrine System, Extirpation › 0GCR4ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from Parathyroid Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Extirpation of Matter from Parathyroid Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0GC00ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pituitary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GC03ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GC04ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GC10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pineal Body, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GC13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pineal Body, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GC14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Pineal Body, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GC20ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Adrenal Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GC23ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GC24ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GC30ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Adrenal Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GC33ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GC34ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |