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28.92 - Excision Of Lesion Of Tonsil And Adenoid


The ICD 9 Code for Excision of lesion of tonsil and adenoid is listed as 28.92.
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: 28.92
Description: Excision of lesion of tonsil and adenoid
Short Description: Excis tonsil/adenoid les
Chapter: Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx
Subsection 1: Operations on tonsils and adenoids
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBP0ZZ - Excision of Tonsils, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBP3ZZ - Excision of Tonsils, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBPXZZ - Excision of Tonsils, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBQ0ZZ - Excision of Adenoids, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBQ3ZZ - Excision of Adenoids, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CBQXZZ - Excision of Adenoids, External Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 28.92:
28.91 - Removal of foreign body from tonsil and adenoid by incision
28.99 - Other operations on tonsils and adenoids