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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Codes Section 0 - Medical and Surgical
Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration of Brain
In table 00D, Extraction of Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves, body part value C for Cerebellum, has been added to identify procedures to remove tumors of the cerebellum such as Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration (CUSA), as discussed in Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2021, pages 38-40.Body Part
Approach
Device
Qualifier
C Cerebellum
0 Open
3 Percutaneous
4 Percutaneous Endoscopic
Z No Device
Z No Qualifier
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