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.

Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

  • 005L - Abducens Nerve

    Includes:
    • Sixth cranial nerve
  • 005R - Accessory Nerve

    Includes:
    • Eleventh cranial nerve
  • 005N - Acoustic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Cochlear nerve
    • Eighth cranial nerve
    • Scarpa's (vestibular) ganglion
    • Spiral ganglion
    • Vestibular (Scarpa's) ganglion
    • Vestibular nerve
    • Vestibulocochlear nerve
  • 0058 - Basal Ganglia

    Includes:
    • Basal nuclei
    • Claustrum
    • Corpus striatum
    • Globus pallidus
    • Substantia nigra
    • Subthalamic nucleus
  • 0050 - Brain

    Includes:
    • Cerebrum
    • Corpus callosum
    • Encephalon
  • 005C - Cerebellum

    Includes:
    • Culmen
  • 0057 - Cerebral Hemisphere

    Includes:
    • Frontal lobe
    • Occipital lobe
    • Parietal lobe
    • Temporal lobe
  • 0051 - Cerebral Meninges

    Includes:
    • Arachnoid mater, intracranial
    • Leptomeninges, intracranial
    • Pia mater, intracranial
  • 0056 - Cerebral Ventricle

    Includes:
    • Aqueduct of Sylvius
    • Cerebral aqueduct (Sylvius)
    • Choroid plexus
    • Ependyma
    • Foramen of Monro (intraventricular)
    • Fourth ventricle
    • Interventricular foramen (Monro)
    • Left lateral ventricle
    • Right lateral ventricle
    • Third ventricle
  • 005W - Cervical Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 0052 - Dura Mater

    Includes:
    • Diaphragma sellae
    • Dura mater, intracranial
    • Falx cerebri
    • Tentorium cerebelli
  • 005M - Facial Nerve

    Includes:
    • Chorda tympani
    • Geniculate ganglion
    • Greater superficial petrosal nerve
    • Nerve to the stapedius
    • Parotid plexus
    • Posterior auricular nerve
    • Seventh cranial nerve
    • Submandibular ganglion
  • 005P - Glossopharyngeal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Carotid sinus nerve
    • Ninth cranial nerve
    • Tympanic nerve
  • 005S - Hypoglossal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Twelfth cranial nerve
  • 005A - Hypothalamus

    Includes:
    • Mammillary body
  • 005Y - Lumbar Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Cauda equina
    • Conus medullaris
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 005D - Medulla Oblongata

    Includes:
    • Myelencephalon
  • 005H - Oculomotor Nerve

    Includes:
    • Third cranial nerve
  • 005F - Olfactory Nerve

    Includes:
    • First cranial nerve
    • Olfactory bulb
  • 005G - Optic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Optic chiasma
    • Second cranial nerve
  • 005B - Pons

    Includes:
    • Apneustic center
    • Basis pontis
    • Locus ceruleus
    • Pneumotaxic center
    • Pontine tegmentum
    • Superior olivary nucleus
  • 005T - Spinal Meninges

    Includes:
    • Arachnoid mater, spinal
    • Denticulate (dentate) ligament
    • Dura mater, spinal
    • Filum terminale
    • Leptomeninges, spinal
    • Pia mater, spinal
  • 0059 - Thalamus

    Includes:
    • Epithalamus
    • Geniculate nucleus
    • Metathalamus
    • Pulvinar
  • 005X - Thoracic Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 005K - Trigeminal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Fifth cranial nerve
    • Gasserian ganglion
    • Mandibular nerve
    • Maxillary nerve
    • Ophthalmic nerve
    • Trifacial nerve
  • 005J - Trochlear Nerve

    Includes:
    • Fourth cranial nerve
  • 005Q - Vagus Nerve

    Includes:
    • Anterior vagal trunk
    • Pharyngeal plexus
    • Pneumogastric nerve
    • Posterior vagal trunk
    • Pulmonary plexus
    • Recurrent laryngeal nerve
    • Superior laryngeal nerve
    • Tenth cranial nerve