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

0KX4 - Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle

  • Open Approach

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

    • No Device
      • 0KX40Z0 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle with Skin, Open Approach
      • 0KX40Z1 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle with Subcu, Open Approach
      • 0KX40Z2 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle w Skin, Subcu, Open
      • 0KX40ZZ - Transfer Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach

  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

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

    • No Device
      • 0KX44Z0 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle w Skin, Perc Endo
      • 0KX44Z1 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle w Subcu, Perc Endo
      • 0KX44Z2 - Transfer Tongue/Palate/Phar Muscle w Skin, Subcu, Perc Endo
      • 0KX44ZZ - Transfer Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Perc Endo Approach