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20.79 - Other Incision, Excision, And Destruction Of Inner Ear


The ICD 9 Code for Other incision, excision, and destruction of inner ear is listed as 20.79.
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: 20.79
Description: Other incision, excision, and destruction of inner ear
Short Description: Inc/exc/destr in ear NEC
Chapter: Operations on the ear
Subsection 1: Other operations on middle and inner ear
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 095D0ZZ - Destruction of Right Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 095E0ZZ - Destruction of Left Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 099D00Z - Drainage of Right Inner Ear with Drainage Device, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 099D0ZZ - Drainage of Right Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 099E00Z - Drainage of Left Inner Ear with Drainage Device, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 099E0ZZ - Drainage of Left Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09BD0ZZ - Excision of Right Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09BE0ZZ - Excision of Left Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09CD0ZZ - Extirpation of Matter from Right Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09CE0ZZ - Extirpation of Matter from Left Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09TD0ZZ - Resection of Right Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 09TE0ZZ - Resection of Left Inner Ear, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 20.79:
20.71 - Endolymphatic shunt
20.72 - Injection into inner ear