07.72 - Incision Of Pituitary Gland

The ICD 9 Code for Incision of pituitary gland is listed as 07.72.
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:	07.72
Description:	Incision of pituitary gland
Short Description:	Pituitary gland incision

Chapter:	Operations on the endocrine system
Subsection 1:	Operations on other endocrine glands
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G9000Z - Drainage of Pituitary Gland with Drainage Device, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G900ZZ - Drainage of Pituitary Gland, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G9030Z - Drainage of Pituitary Gland with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G903ZZ - Drainage of Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G9040Z - Drainage of Pituitary Gland with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0G904ZZ - Drainage of Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 07.72:
07.71 - Exploration of pituitary fossa
07.79 - Other operations on hypophysis