ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 092 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Change › 092HXYZ
Change Other Device in Right Ear, External Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Change Other Device in Right Ear, 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
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 Other Device
For example
- Alfapump(R) system
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 092HX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Right Ear, External Approach | Valid |
| 092JX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Left Ear, External Approach | Valid |
| 092JXYZ | Change Other Device in Left Ear, External Approach | Valid |
| 092KX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, External Approach | Valid |
| 092KXYZ | Change Other Device in Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, External Approach | Valid |
| 092YX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Sinus, External Approach | Valid |
| 092YXYZ | Change Other Device in Sinus, External Approach | Valid |