ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0B Respiratory System › 0B2 Respiratory System, Change › 0B21XFZ
Change Tracheostomy Device in Trachea, 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 Tracheostomy Device in Trachea, 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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0B20X0Z | Change Drainage Device in Tracheobronchial Tree, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B20XYZ | Change Other Device in Tracheobronchial Tree, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B21X0Z | Change Drainage Device in Trachea, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B21XEZ | Change Endotracheal Airway in Trachea, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B21XYZ | Change Other Device in Trachea, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2KX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Right Lung, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2KXYZ | Change Other Device in Right Lung, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2LX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Left Lung, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2LXYZ | Change Other Device in Left Lung, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2QX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Pleura, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2QXYZ | Change Other Device in Pleura, External Approach | Valid |
| 0B2TX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Diaphragm, External Approach | Valid |