2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 27.31 Local excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of bony palate 27.31 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure 27.31 contains 10 index entries View the full Volume 3 27.* hierarchy 27.31 also known as: Local excision or destruction of palate by: cautery chemotherapy cryotherapy 27.31 excludes: biopsy of bony palate (27.21) Index entries containing 27.31: Cauterization -- see also Destruction, lesion, by site palate (bony) 27.31 Chemocauterization -- see also Destruction, lesion, by site palate 27.31 Chemotherapy - see also Immunotherapy palate (bony) 27.31 Cryotherapy -- see also Destruction, lesion, by site palate (bony) 27.31 Destruction lesion (local) palate (bony) (local) 27.31 wide 27.32 Excision cyst -- see also Excision, lesion, by site nasopalatine 27.31 by wide excision 27.32 lesion (local) palate (bony) 27.31 by wide excision 27.32 soft 27.49 nasopalatine cyst 27.31 by wide excision 27.32 torus palate, palatinus 27.31 by wide excision 27.32 Resection -- see also Excision, by site palate (bony) (local) 27.31 by wide excision 27.32 soft 27.49