ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 01 Peripheral Nervous System › 019 Peripheral Nervous System, Drainage › 019430Z

019430Z

Drainage of Ulnar Nerve with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Drainage of Ulnar Nerve with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Drainage

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Thoracentesis, incision and drainage

4. Body Part Ulnar Nerve

Also covers

  • Cubital nerve

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device Drainage Device

For example

  • Cystostomy tube
  • Foley catheter
  • Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter
  • Thoracostomy tube

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
019000Z Drainage of Cervical Plexus with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
01900ZX Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
01900ZZ Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach Valid
019030Z Drainage of Cervical Plexus with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01903ZX Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
01903ZZ Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
019040Z Drainage of Cervical Plexus with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01904ZX Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
01904ZZ Drainage of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
019100Z Drainage of Cervical Nerve with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
01910ZX Drainage of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
01910ZZ Drainage of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid