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0KB14ZX

Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision

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

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

4. Body Part Facial Muscle

Also covers

  • Buccinator muscle
  • Corrugator supercilii muscle
  • Depressor anguli oris muscle
  • Depressor labii inferioris muscle
  • Depressor septi nasi muscle
  • Depressor supercilii muscle
  • Levator anguli oris muscle
  • Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0KB00ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB00ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KB03ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB03ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KB04ZX Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB04ZZ Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KB10ZX Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB10ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KB13ZX Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0KB13ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KB14ZZ Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KB20ZX Excision of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid