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0GTN0ZZ

Resection of Right Inferior Parathyroid Gland, Open 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 Resection of Right Inferior Parathyroid Gland, Open 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

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0GT34ZZ Resection of Right Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0GT40ZZ Resection of Bilateral Adrenal Glands, Open Approach Valid
0GT44ZZ Resection of Bilateral Adrenal Glands, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0GT60ZZ Resection of Left Carotid Body, Open Approach Valid
0GT64ZZ Resection of Left Carotid Body, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid