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2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 27.0

Drainage of face and floor of mouth
  • 27.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 27.0 contains 27 index entries
  • View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 27.* hierarchy

27.0 also known as:

  • Drainage of:
    • facial region (abscess)
    • fascial compartment of face
    • Ludwig's angina

27.0 excludes:

  • drainage of thyroglossal tract (06.09)

Index entries containing 27.0:

Cheilotomy 27.0
    Drainage
    • buccal space 27.0
      • facial region 27.0
        • fascial compartments, head and neck 27.0
          • infratemporal fossa 27.0
            • Ludwig's angina 27.0
              • mouth floor 27.0
                • parotid space 27.0
                  • pharyngeal space, lateral 27.0
                    • postzygomatic space 27.0
                      • pterygopalatine fossa 27.0
                        • sublingual space 27.0
                          • submental space 27.0
                            • temporal pouches 27.0
                              Incision (and drainage)
                              • abscess -- see also Incision, by site
                                • lip 27.0
                                • buccal space 27.0
                                  • fascial compartments, head and neck 27.0
                                    • infratemporal fossa 27.0
                                      • mouth NEC 27.92
                                        • floor 27.0
                                        • parotid
                                          • space 27.0
                                          • pharynx, pharyngeal (bursa) 29.0
                                            • space, lateral 27.0
                                            • postzygomatic space 27.0
                                              • pterygopalatine fossa 27.0
                                                • sublingual space 27.0
                                                  • submandibular space 27.0
                                                    • submental space 27.0
                                                      • temporal pouches 27.0