Select the appropriate procedure code based on the approach & device:

0CB4 - Buccal Mucosa

  • Open Approach

    Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

    • No Device
      • 0CB40ZX - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, Open Approach, Diagnostic
      • 0CB40ZZ - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, Open Approach

  • Percutaneous Approach

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

    • No Device
      • 0CB43ZX - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
      • 0CB43ZZ - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, Percutaneous Approach

  • External Approach

    Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

    • No Device
      • 0CB4XZX - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, External Approach, Diagnostic
      • 0CB4XZZ - Excision of Buccal Mucosa, External Approach