32.23 - Open Ablation Of Lung Lesion Or Tissue

The ICD 9 Code for Open ablation of lung lesion or tissue is listed as 32.23.
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:	32.23
Description:	Open ablation of lung lesion or tissue
Short Description:	Open abltn lung les/tiss

Chapter:	Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1:	Excision of lung and bronchus
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0B5K0ZZ - Destruction of Right Lung, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0B5L0ZZ - Destruction of Left Lung, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0B5M0ZZ - Destruction of Bilateral Lungs, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 32.23:
32.20 - Thoracoscopic excision of lesion or tissue of lung
32.21 - Plication of emphysematous bleb
32.22 - Lung volume reduction surgery
32.24 - Percutaneous ablation of lung lesion or tissue
32.25 - Thoracoscopic ablation of lung lesion or tissue
32.26 - Other and unspecified ablation of lung lesion or tissue
32.27 - Bronchoscopic bronchial thermoplasty, ablation of airway smooth muscle
32.28 - Endoscopic excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung
32.29 - Other local excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung