05.23 - Lumbar Sympathectomy

The ICD 9 Code for Lumbar sympathectomy is listed as 05.23.
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:	05.23
Description:	Lumbar sympathectomy
Short Description:	Lumbar sympathectomy

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:	015N0ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	015N3ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	015N4ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BN0ZZ - Excision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BN3ZZ - Excision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01BN4ZZ - Excision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01DN0ZZ - Extraction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01DN3ZZ - Extraction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	01DN4ZZ - Extraction of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 05.23:
05.21 - Sphenopalatine ganglionectomy
05.22 - Cervical sympathectomy
05.24 - Presacral sympathectomy
05.25 - Periarterial sympathectomy
05.29 - Other sympathectomy and ganglionectomy