05.21 - Sphenopalatine Ganglionectomy

The ICD 9 Code for Sphenopalatine ganglionectomy is listed as 05.21.
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:	05.21
Description:	Sphenopalatine ganglionectomy
Short Description:	Sphenopalatin ganglionec

Chapter:	Operations on the nervous system
Subsection 1:	Operations on sympathetic nerves or ganglia
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	015K0ZZ - Destruction of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	015K3ZZ - Destruction of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	015K4ZZ - Destruction of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BK0ZZ - Excision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BK3ZZ - Excision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BK4ZZ - Excision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 05.21:
05.22 - Cervical sympathectomy
05.23 - Lumbar sympathectomy
05.24 - Presacral sympathectomy
05.25 - Periarterial sympathectomy
05.29 - Other sympathectomy and ganglionectomy