ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 06 Lower Veins › 069 Lower Veins, Drainage › 069S4ZX

069S4ZX

Drainage of Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 069Q4ZX Drainage of Left Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic stated for FY2017

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 Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
069000Z Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
06900ZX Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
06900ZZ Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
069030Z Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06903ZX Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
06903ZZ Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
069040Z Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06904ZX Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
06904ZZ Drainage of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
069100Z Drainage of Splenic Vein with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
06910ZX Drainage of Splenic Vein, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
06910ZZ Drainage of Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid