ICD-10-PCS code structure

Section:
  0 = Medical and Surgical

Body System:
  0 = Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves

Root Operation:


See Terms used in Medical and Surgical

The 4th character refers to the body part or body region.

Map

Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part

  • 00K8 - Basal Ganglia

    Includes:
    • Basal nuclei
    • Claustrum
    • Corpus striatum
    • Globus pallidus
    • Substantia nigra
    • Subthalamic nucleus
  • 00K0 - Brain

    Includes:
    • Cerebrum
    • Corpus callosum
    • Encephalon
  • 00KC - Cerebellum

    Includes:
    • Culmen
  • 00K7 - Cerebral Hemisphere

    Includes:
    • Frontal lobe
    • Occipital lobe
    • Parietal lobe
    • Temporal lobe
  • 00KA - Hypothalamus

    Includes:
    • Mammillary body
  • 00KD - Medulla Oblongata

    Includes:
    • Myelencephalon
  • 00KB - Pons

    Includes:
    • Apneustic center
    • Basis pontis
    • Locus ceruleus
    • Pneumotaxic center
    • Pontine tegmentum
    • Superior olivary nucleus
  • 00K9 - Thalamus

    Includes:
    • Epithalamus
    • Geniculate nucleus
    • Metathalamus
    • Pulvinar