A patient undergoes an excision of a lesion from the left t

. A patient undergoes an excision of a lesion from the left thyroid (open approach), and an excision of a lesion from the upper gum tissue (open approach). The physician also inserts an anterior nasal packing into the left nostril to control nose bleed (that is, epistaxis). Assign the ICD-9-PCS and ICD-10-PCS procedure codes

Solution

ICD 9 PCS code for epistaxis - 21.03

ICD 10 PCS code for epistaxis - R04.0

PCS is procedure coding system.

ICD (International Classification of Diseases)

HHS( Department of Health & Human Services) USA