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072MX0Z

Change Drainage Device in Thymus, 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 Change Drainage Device in Thymus, 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 Change

Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane

All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL

For example

  • Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change

4. Body Part Thymus

Also covers

  • Thymus gland

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
072KX0Z Change Drainage Device in Thoracic Duct, External Approach Valid
072KXYZ Change Other Device in Thoracic Duct, External Approach Valid
072LX0Z Change Drainage Device in Cisterna Chyli, External Approach Valid
072LXYZ Change Other Device in Cisterna Chyli, External Approach Valid
072MXYZ Change Other Device in Thymus, External Approach Valid
072NX0Z Change Drainage Device in Lymphatic, External Approach Valid
072NXYZ Change Other Device in Lymphatic, External Approach Valid
072PX0Z Change Drainage Device in Spleen, External Approach Valid
072PXYZ Change Other Device in Spleen, External Approach Valid
072TX0Z Change Drainage Device in Bone Marrow, External Approach Valid
072TXYZ Change Other Device in Bone Marrow, External Approach Valid