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31.79 - Other Repair And Plastic Operations On Trachea


The ICD 9 Code for Other repair and plastic operations on trachea is listed as 31.79.
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: 31.79
Description: Other repair and plastic operations on trachea
Short Description: Other tracheal repair
Chapter: Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1: Other operations on larynx and trachea
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BQ10ZZ - Repair Trachea, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BQ13ZZ - Repair Trachea, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BQ14ZZ - Repair Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BQ17ZZ - Repair Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BQ18ZZ - Repair Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU107Z - Supplement Trachea with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU10JZ - Supplement Trachea with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU10KZ - Supplement Trachea with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU147Z - Supplement Trachea with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU14JZ - Supplement Trachea with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BU14KZ - Supplement Trachea with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 31.79:
31.71 - Suture of laceration of trachea
31.72 - Closure of external fistula of trachea
31.73 - Closure of other fistula of trachea
31.74 - Revision of tracheostomy
31.75 - Reconstruction of trachea and construction of artificial larynx