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27.61 - Suture Of Laceration Of Palate


The ICD 9 Code for Suture of laceration of palate is listed as 27.61.
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: 27.61
Description: Suture of laceration of palate
Short Description: Suture of palate lacerat
Chapter: Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx
Subsection 1: Other operations on mouth and face
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ20ZZ - Repair Hard Palate, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ23ZZ - Repair Hard Palate, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ2XZZ - Repair Hard Palate, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ30ZZ - Repair Soft Palate, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ33ZZ - Repair Soft Palate, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CQ3XZZ - Repair Soft Palate, External Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 27.61:
27.62 - Correction of cleft palate
27.63 - Revision of cleft palate repair
27.64 - Insertion of palatal implant
27.69 - Other plastic repair of palate