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05PYX0Z

Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Vein, External 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 Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Vein, External 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

6. Device Drainage Device

For example

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
05P002Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Azygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05P00MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Azygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05P032Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05P03MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05P042Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05P04MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05P0X2Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Azygos Vein, External Approach Valid
05P0XMZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Azygos Vein, External Approach Valid
05P30MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach Valid
05P33MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05P34MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05P3XMZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Right Innominate Vein, External Approach Valid