ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WC Anatomical Regions, General, Extirpation › 0WC40ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from Upper Jaw, 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 2020 to now.
- FY2020 Added to the code set Extirpation of Matter from Upper Jaw, 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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0WC10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Cranial Cavity, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WC13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WC14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0WC1XZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Cranial Cavity, External Approach | Valid |
| 0WC30ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WC33ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WC34ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0WC3XZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach | Valid |
| 0WC43ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WC44ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0WC50ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Lower Jaw, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WC53ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Lower Jaw, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |