ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System 0C - Mouth and Throat

The ICD-10-PCS codes for the Mouth and Throat in the Medical and Surgical section cover a wide range of root operations describing different procedural goals. These operations include modifying, removing, inspecting, or repairing parts of the mouth and throat.

For example, Alteration (0C0) involves modifying the anatomy without changing its function, while Excision (0CB) is cutting out a portion without replacement. Insertion (0CH) places a device to assist or monitor function, and Drainage (0C9) involves removing fluids or gases. More complex procedures include Reattachment (0CM), which puts a severed part back in place, and Replacement (0CR), where biological or synthetic materials substitute for a body part. Additionally, Inspection (0CJ) refers to visual or manual examination, and Repair (0CQ) aims to restore normal anatomy and function. This detailed classification facilitates precise coding for various treatments targeting the mouth and throat.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System 0C - Mouth and Throat

• 0C0 - Alteration - Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

• 0C2 - Change - Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane

• 0C5 - Destruction - Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

• 0C7 - Dilation - Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

• 0C9 - Drainage - Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

• 0CB - Excision - Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

• 0CC - Extirpation - Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

• 0CD - Extraction - Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

• 0CF - Fragmentation - Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces

• 0CH - Insertion - Putting in a non-biological appliance that monitors, assists, performs or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

• 0CJ - Inspection - Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

• 0CL - Occlusion - Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

• 0CM - Reattachment - Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

• 0CN - Release - Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force

• 0CP - Removal - Taking out or off a device from a body part

• 0CQ - Repair - Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

• 0CR - Replacement - Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

• 0CS - Reposition - Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part

• 0CT - Resection - Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

• 0CU - Supplement - Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a body part

• 0CV - Restriction - Partially closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

• 0CW - Revision - Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

• 0CX - Transfer - Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part