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0KQ40ZZ

Repair Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, 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 Repair Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle

Also covers

  • Chondroglossus muscle
  • Genioglossus muscle
  • Hyoglossus muscle
  • Inferior longitudinal muscle
  • Levator veli palatini muscle
  • Palatoglossal muscle
  • Palatopharyngeal muscle
  • Pharyngeal constrictor muscle

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0KQ00ZZ Repair Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KQ03ZZ Repair Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KQ04ZZ Repair Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KQ10ZZ Repair Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KQ13ZZ Repair Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KQ14ZZ Repair Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KQ20ZZ Repair Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KQ23ZZ Repair Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KQ24ZZ Repair Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KQ30ZZ Repair Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KQ33ZZ Repair Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0KQ34ZZ Repair Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid