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.

Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

  • 008L - Abducens Nerve

    Includes:
    • Sixth cranial nerve
  • 008R - Accessory Nerve

    Includes:
    • Eleventh cranial nerve
  • 008N - Acoustic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Cochlear nerve
    • Eighth cranial nerve
    • Scarpa's (vestibular) ganglion
    • Spiral ganglion
    • Vestibular (Scarpa's) ganglion
    • Vestibular nerve
    • Vestibulocochlear nerve
  • 0088 - Basal Ganglia

    Includes:
    • Basal nuclei
    • Claustrum
    • Corpus striatum
    • Globus pallidus
    • Substantia nigra
    • Subthalamic nucleus
  • 0080 - Brain

    Includes:
    • Cerebrum
    • Corpus callosum
    • Encephalon
  • 0087 - Cerebral Hemisphere

    Includes:
    • Frontal lobe
    • Occipital lobe
    • Parietal lobe
    • Temporal lobe
  • 008W - Cervical Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 008M - 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
  • 008P - Glossopharyngeal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Carotid sinus nerve
    • Ninth cranial nerve
    • Tympanic nerve
  • 008S - Hypoglossal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Twelfth cranial nerve
  • 008Y - Lumbar Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Cauda equina
    • Conus medullaris
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 008H - Oculomotor Nerve

    Includes:
    • Third cranial nerve
  • 008F - Olfactory Nerve

    Includes:
    • First cranial nerve
    • Olfactory bulb
  • 008G - Optic Nerve

    Includes:
    • Optic chiasma
    • Second cranial nerve
  • 008X - Thoracic Spinal Cord

    Includes:
    • Dorsal root ganglion
  • 008K - Trigeminal Nerve

    Includes:
    • Fifth cranial nerve
    • Gasserian ganglion
    • Mandibular nerve
    • Maxillary nerve
    • Ophthalmic nerve
    • Trifacial nerve
  • 008J - Trochlear Nerve

    Includes:
    • Fourth cranial nerve
  • 008Q - Vagus Nerve

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