AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2015 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Pharyngeal Flap to Soft Palate

A seven-year-old boy with Noonan syndrome and non-cleft velopharyngeal insufficiency underwent posterior pharyngeal flap to the soft palate. At surgery, the posterior pharyngeal flap was suspended to the soft palate oral mucosa for treatment of non-cleft velopharyngeal insufficiency. The root operation “Transfer” appears to meet the objective of the surgery, since it involves moving without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part. What is the appropriate procedure code assignment for the pharyngeal flap to the soft palate? ...

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