2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 23.73 Apicoectomy Excision of the apical portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying labial, buccal, or palatal alveolar bone. (Dorland, 28th ed) 23.73 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure 23.73 contains 9 index entries View the full Volume 3 23.* hierarchy Index entries containing 23.73: Amputation (cineplastic) (closed flap) (guillotine) (kineplastic) (open) 84.91 root (apex) (tooth) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 Apicectomy tooth (root) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 Apicoectomy 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 Excision cyst -- see also Excision, lesion, by site apical (tooth) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 Removal -- see also Excision tooth (by forceps) (multiple) (single) NEC 23.09 surgical NEC 23.19 root apex 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 Resection -- see also Excision, by site root (tooth) (apex) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 residual or retained 23.11 tooth root 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 apex (abscess) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 residual or retained 23.11 Root canal (tooth) (therapy) 23.70 resection (tooth) (apex) 23.73 with root canal therapy 23.72 residual or retained 23.11