06.50 - Substernal Thyroidectomy, Not Otherwise Specified

The ICD 9 Code for Substernal thyroidectomy, not otherwise specified is listed as 06.50.
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:	06.50
Description:	Substernal thyroidectomy, not otherwise specified
Short Description:	Substern thyroidect NOS

Chapter:	Operations on the endocrine system
Subsection 1:	Operations on thyroid and parathyroid glands
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBG0ZZ - Excision of Left Thyroid Gland Lobe, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBG3ZZ - Excision of Left Thyroid Gland Lobe, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBG4ZZ - Excision of Left Thyroid Gland Lobe, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBH0ZZ - Excision of Right Thyroid Gland Lobe, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBH3ZZ - Excision of Right Thyroid Gland Lobe, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0GBH4ZZ - Excision of Right Thyroid Gland Lobe, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 06.50:
06.51 - Partial substernal thyroidectomy
06.52 - Complete substernal thyroidectomy