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07PNX3Z

Removal of Infusion Device from Lymphatic, 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 Infusion Device from Lymphatic, 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 Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
07PK00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK03Z Removal of Infusion Device from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK0CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK0DZ Removal of Intraluminal Device from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK0YZ Removal of Other Device from Thoracic Duct, Open Approach Valid
07PK30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Thoracic Duct, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07PK33Z Removal of Infusion Device from Thoracic Duct, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07PK37Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Thoracic Duct, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07PK3CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Thoracic Duct, Percutaneous Approach Valid