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0KT10ZZ
Resection of Facial Muscle, Open 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 Resection of Facial 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
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 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0KT00ZZ | Resection of Head Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT04ZZ | Resection of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT14ZZ | Resection of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT20ZZ | Resection of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT24ZZ | Resection of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT30ZZ | Resection of Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT34ZZ | Resection of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT40ZZ | Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT44ZZ | Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT50ZZ | Resection of Right Shoulder Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT54ZZ | Resection of Right Shoulder Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT60ZZ | Resection of Left Shoulder Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |