0KT44ZZ

PCS Procedure

Resection of Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle, Perc Endo Approach

Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

About ICD-10-PCS code 0KT44ZZ

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0KT44ZZ: Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach. Table 0KT, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Muscles body system. The approach used is Percutaneous Endoscopic.

Procedure Details

Section: [0] Medical and Surgical
Body System: Muscles
Root Operation: Resection

Clinical Definitions

Root Operation · Operation

Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

Includes: Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

Approach · Approach

Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

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