ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0K Muscles › 0KT Muscles, Resection › 0KT34ZZ
Resection of Left Neck Muscle, 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 Resection of Left Neck Muscle, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
4. Body Part Neck Muscle, Left
Also covers
- Anterior vertebral muscle
- Arytenoid muscle
- Cricothyroid muscle
- Infrahyoid muscle
- Levator scapulae muscle
- Platysma muscle
- Scalene muscle
- Splenius cervicis 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0KT00ZZ | Resection of Head Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KT04ZZ | Resection of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KT10ZZ | Resection of Facial Muscle, Open 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 |
| 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 |