2022 ICD-10-PCS Procedure Code 0B797ZZ

Dilation of Lingula Bronchus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

  1. ICD-10-PCS Index
  2. Medical and Surgical
  3. Respiratory System
  4. Dilation
  5. 0B797ZZ
Version 2021
Billable Code

Valid for Submission

ICD-10-PCS:0B797ZZ
Short Description:Dilation of Lingula Bronchus, Via Opening
Long Description:Dilation of Lingula Bronchus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

0B797ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of dilation of lingula bronchus, via natural or artificial opening. The code is valid for the year 2022 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

The procedure code 0B797ZZ is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the respiratory system body system, classified under the dilation operation. The applicable bodypart is lingula bronchus.

ICD-10-PCS Details

Position Designation Character Label Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System B Respiratory System
3 Operation 7 Dilation

Involves:
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Explanation:
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part

Includes:
  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
4 BodyPart 9 Lingula Bronchus
5 Approach 7 Via Natural or Artificial Opening

Involves:
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening 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.

Convert 0B797ZZ to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

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. These 2022 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

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.

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