Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 01BK3ZZ

Excision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
01BK3ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Excision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Perc Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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01BK3ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of excision of head and neck sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

01BK3ZZ PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the peripheral nervous system body system, classified under excision operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is head and neck sympathetic nerve.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System 1 Peripheral Nervous System
3 Operation B Excision

Involves:
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

Explanation:
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

Includes:
  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy
4 BodyPart K Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve Includes:
  • Cavernous plexus
  • Cervical ganglion
  • Ciliary ganglion
  • Internal carotid plexus
  • Otic ganglion
  • Pterygopalatine (sphenopalatine) ganglion
  • Sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion
  • Stellate ganglion
  • Submandibular ganglion
  • Submaxillary ganglion
5 Approach 3 Percutaneous

Involves:
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier Z No Qualifier

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Excision Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.