ICD-10-PCS code structure

Section:
  0 = Medical and Surgical

Body System:

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See Terms used in Medical and Surgical

The 3^rd character refers to the root operation or the objective of the procedure.

Endocrine System

• 0G2 - Change

  Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane — All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL

• 0G5 - Destruction

  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

• 0G8 - 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 — All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

• 0G9 - Drainage

  Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part — The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

• 0GB - Excision

  Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part — The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

• 0GC - Extirpation

  Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part — The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

• 0GH - Insertion

  Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

• 0GJ - Inspection

  Visually and/or manually exploring a body part — Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

• 0GM - Reattachment

  Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location — Vascular circulation and nervous pathways may or may not be reestablished

• 0GN - Release

  Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force — Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

• 0GP - Removal

  Taking out or off a device from a body part — If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

• 0GQ - Repair

  Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function — Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

• 0GS - Reposition

  Moving to its normal location, or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part — The body part is moved to a new location from an abnormal location, or from a normal location where it is not functioning correctly. The body part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved to the new location

• 0GT - Resection

  Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

• 0GW - Revision

  Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device — Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin