ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System 0N - Head and Facial Bones

The Medical and Surgical section for the ICD-10-PCS body system Head and Facial Bones includes multiple root operations that describe various procedures involving these structures. These root operations identify what is being done during surgery or other interventions on the head and facial bones.

For example, the root operation Change (0N2) entails removing a device from the head or facial bones and replacing it with an identical or similar device without cutting the skin. Destruction (0N5) refers to the physical eradication of all or part of a bone using energy or force. Procedures like Inspection (0NJ) involve visually or manually exploring these bones. Other key operations include Insertion (0NH), which means placing a non-biological device that supports function without replacing bone, and Repair (0NQ), which seeks to restore the normal anatomy and function of the bones. These varied root operations allow detailed coding for interventions, from draining fluids (0N9) to resection (0NT)—cutting out all of a body part without replacement—offering precise documentation of surgical care involving the head and facial bones.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System 0N - Head and Facial Bones

• 0N2 - 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

• 0N5 - Destruction - Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

• 0N8 - Division - Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part

• 0N9 - Drainage - Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

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

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

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

• 0NH - 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

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

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

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

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

• 0NR - 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

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

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

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

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