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ICD 10 Code 0K940ZZ

Drainage of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach

0K940ZZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Drainage of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach. It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

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

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

Drainage includes:

  • Thoracentesis, incision and drainage

Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle body part includes:

  • Chondroglossus muscle
  • Genioglossus muscle
  • Hyoglossus muscle
  • Inferior longitudinal muscle
  • Levator veli palatini muscle
  • Palatoglossal muscle
  • Palatopharyngeal muscle
  • Pharyngeal constrictor muscle
  • Salpingopharyngeus muscle
  • Styloglossus muscle
  • Stylopharyngeus muscle
  • Superior longitudinal muscle
  • Tensor veli palatini muscle
MS-DRG - Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group
  • MDC 08 Diseases & Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue
    Soft Tissue Procedures
    • DRG 500 - SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 501 - SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 502 - SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 09 Diseases & Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue & Breast
    Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures
    • DRG 579 - OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 580 - OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 581 - OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 21 Injuries, Poisonings & Toxic Effects of Drugs
    Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries
    • DRG 907 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH MCC
    • DRG 908 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH CC
    • DRG 909 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 99 Other
    Non-extensive Procedure Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis
    • DRG 987 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC
    • DRG 988 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC
    • DRG 989 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT CC/MCC

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 0K940ZZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System K Muscles
3: Root Operation 9 Drainage
4: Body Part 4 Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle
5: Approach 0 Open
6: Device Z No Device
7: Qualifier Z No Qualifier

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Medical and Surgical terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.