Dissection of the deep jugular nodes, diagnosis of thyroid gland primary cancer 38555 D18.1 Excision of congenital cervical cystic hygroma with dissection of deep neurovascularity
A radical neck dissection includes removal of all lymph nodes. In the ICD-10-CM Table of Neoplasms look for Neoplasm, neoplastic/thyroid (gland) and select from the Malignant Primary column directing you to C73. Verification in the Tabular List confirms code selection.
Rationale: The removal of all of the lymph nodes of the neck during a thyroidectomy is considered a radical neck dissection. When limited removal of all of the lymph nodes of the neck is performed, it is reported with 60252. The thyroidectomy is performed due to the patient having a malignancy.
Localized enlarged lymph nodes. R59.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Our physicians have used IDC-10 code F07. 81 as the primary diagnosis for patients presenting with post concussion syndrome.
ICD-10 code: C73 Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland.
9 for Headache, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Excision of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Open Approach, Diagnostic. ICD-10-PCS 07B60ZX is a specific/billable code that can be used to indicate a procedure.
ICD-10 code E04. 1 for Nontoxic single thyroid nodule is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .
9: Fever, unspecified.
ICD-10 code G89. 29 for Other chronic pain is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
The WHO's codes are as follows: U07. 1 – COVID-19, virus identified (lab confirmed), U07. 2 – COVID-19, virus not identified (clinically diagnosed).
Lymph node dissection, also known as lymphadenectomy, is a surgical procedure in which the lymph nodes are dissected, and a sample of tissue is checked for the presence of malignancy under the microscope. It is an operation usually performed as part of the surgical management of malignant tumors.
Resection is similar to excision except it involves cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part. Resection includes all of a body part or any subdivision of a body part having its own body part value in ICD-10-PCS, while excision includes only a portion of a body part.
A sentinel lymph node is defined as the first lymph node to which cancer cells are most likely to spread from a primary tumor. Sometimes, there can be more than one sentinel lymph node.