Transoral carbon dioxide laser surgery for primary treatment of oropharyngeal malignancy

Clinical classification codes

Coding recommendations

E24.2 Endoscopic extirpation of lesion of pharynx NEC

Y08.2 Laser excision of lesion of organ NOC

However, as the oropharynx includes the tonsils, the back of the tongue and the soft palate, if the malignany involved one of these sites and the excision only involved one of these site than the OPCS-4 codes assigned will be different.