ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NT Head and Facial Bones, Resection › 0NTD0ZZ

0NTD0ZZ

Resection of Left Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0NTC0ZZ Resection of Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach stated for FY2017

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 Left Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0NT10ZZ Resection of Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT20ZZ Resection of Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach Retired
0NT30ZZ Resection of Right Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT40ZZ Resection of Left Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT50ZZ Resection of Right Temporal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT60ZZ Resection of Left Temporal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT70ZZ Resection of Occipital Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NT80ZZ Resection of Left Occipital Bone, Open Approach Retired
0NTB0ZZ Resection of Nasal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NTC0ZZ Resection of Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NTF0ZZ Resection of Right Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NTG0ZZ Resection of Left Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid