08.51 - Canthotomy
The ICD 9 Code for
Canthotomy is listed as
08.51. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field |
Value |
| Procedure Code: |
08.51 |
| Description: |
Canthotomy |
| Short Description: |
Canthotomy |
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| Chapter: |
Operations on the eye |
| Subsection 1: |
Operations on eyelids |
| ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NN0ZZ - Release Right Upper Eyelid, Open Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NN3ZZ - Release Right Upper Eyelid, Percutaneous Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NNXZZ - Release Right Upper Eyelid, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NP0ZZ - Release Left Upper Eyelid, Open Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NP3ZZ - Release Left Upper Eyelid, Percutaneous Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NPXZZ - Release Left Upper Eyelid, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NQ0ZZ - Release Right Lower Eyelid, Open Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NQ3ZZ - Release Right Lower Eyelid, Percutaneous Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NQXZZ - Release Right Lower Eyelid, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NR0ZZ - Release Left Lower Eyelid, Open Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NR3ZZ - Release Left Lower Eyelid, Percutaneous Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: |
08NRXZZ - Release Left Lower Eyelid, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 08.51: |
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| 08.52 - Blepharorrhaphy |
| 08.59 - Other adjustment of lid position |
