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ICD-10-PCS Root Operation 5
Medical and Surgical, Peripheral Nervous System, Destruction

The Destruction root operation is identified by the character code 5 in the 3rd position of the procedure code. It is defined as Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent. None of the body part is physically taken out.

Includes:

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion
ICD-10-PCS code structure

Section:
  0 = Medical and Surgical

Body System:
  1 = Peripheral Nervous System

Root Operation:

See Terms used in Medical and Surgical

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

Outline View ICD-10-PCS Table View

Destruction

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

  • 015M - Abdominal Sympathetic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Abdominal aortic plexus
    • Auerbach's (myenteric) plexus
    • Celiac (solar) plexus
    • Celiac ganglion
    • Gastric plexus
    • Hepatic plexus
    • Inferior hypogastric plexus
    • Inferior mesenteric ganglion
    • Inferior mesenteric plexus
    • Meissner's (submucous) plexus
    • Myenteric (Auerbach's) plexus
    • Pancreatic plexus
    • Pelvic splanchnic nerve
    • Renal nerve
    • Renal plexus
    • Solar (celiac) plexus
    • Splenic plexus
    • Submucous (Meissner's) plexus
    • Superior hypogastric plexus
    • Superior mesenteric ganglion
    • Superior mesenteric plexus
    • Suprarenal plexus

  • 0153 - Brachial Plexus

    Includes:
    • Axillary nerve
    • Dorsal scapular nerve
    • First intercostal nerve
    • Long thoracic nerve
    • Musculocutaneous nerve
    • Subclavius nerve
    • Suprascapular nerve

  • 0151 - Cervical Nerve

    Includes:
    • Greater occipital nerve
    • Spinal nerve, cervical
    • Suboccipital nerve
    • Third occipital nerve

  • 0150 - Cervical Plexus

    Includes:
    • Ansa cervicalis
    • Cutaneous (transverse) cervical nerve
    • Great auricular nerve
    • Lesser occipital nerve
    • Supraclavicular nerve
    • Transverse (cutaneous) cervical nerve

  • 015D - Femoral Nerve

    Includes:
    • Anterior crural nerve
    • Saphenous nerve

  • 015K - Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Cavernous plexus
    • Cervical ganglion
    • Ciliary ganglion
    • Internal carotid plexus
    • Otic ganglion
    • Pterygopalatine (sphenopalatine) ganglion
    • Sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion
    • Stellate ganglion
    • Submandibular ganglion
    • Submaxillary ganglion

  • 015B - Lumbar Nerve

    Includes:
    • Lumbosacral trunk
    • Spinal nerve, lumbar
    • Superior clunic (cluneal) nerve

  • 0159 - Lumbar Plexus

    Includes:
    • Accessory obturator nerve
    • Genitofemoral nerve
    • Iliohypogastric nerve
    • Ilioinguinal nerve
    • Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
    • Obturator nerve
    • Superior gluteal nerve

  • 015N - Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Lumbar ganglion
    • Lumbar splanchnic nerve

  • 015A - Lumbosacral Plexus

  • 0155 - Median Nerve

    Includes:
    • Anterior interosseous nerve
    • Palmar cutaneous nerve

  • 015H - Peroneal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Common fibular nerve
    • Common peroneal nerve
    • External popliteal nerve
    • Lateral sural cutaneous nerve

  • 0152 - Phrenic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Accessory phrenic nerve

  • 015C - Pudendal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Posterior labial nerve
    • Posterior scrotal nerve

  • 0156 - Radial Nerve

    Includes:
    • Dorsal digital nerve
    • Musculospiral nerve
    • Palmar cutaneous nerve
    • Posterior interosseous nerve

  • 015R - Sacral Nerve

    Includes:
    • Spinal nerve, sacral

  • 015Q - Sacral Plexus

    Includes:
    • Inferior gluteal nerve
    • Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
    • Pudendal nerve

  • 015P - Sacral Sympathetic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Ganglion impar (ganglion of Walther)
    • Pelvic splanchnic nerve
    • Sacral ganglion
    • Sacral splanchnic nerve

  • 015F - Sciatic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Ischiatic nerve

  • 0158 - Thoracic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Intercostal nerve
    • Intercostobrachial nerve
    • Spinal nerve, thoracic
    • Subcostal nerve

  • 015L - Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Cardiac plexus
    • Esophageal plexus
    • Greater splanchnic nerve
    • Inferior cardiac nerve
    • Least splanchnic nerve
    • Lesser splanchnic nerve
    • Middle cardiac nerve
    • Pulmonary plexus
    • Superior cardiac nerve
    • Thoracic aortic plexus
    • Thoracic ganglion

  • 015G - Tibial Nerve

    Includes:
    • Lateral plantar nerve
    • Medial plantar nerve
    • Medial popliteal nerve
    • Medial sural cutaneous nerve

  • 0154 - Ulnar Nerve

    Includes:
    • Cubital nerve