Dilation of Pharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
Medical and Surgical·Mouth and Throat·Table 0C7·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0C7M8ZZ: Dilation of Pharynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic. Table 0C7, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Mouth and Throat body system. The approach used is Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic.
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What the code means
Dilation: root operation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
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
Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic: approach
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure