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0B9K00Z

Drainage of Right Lung with Drainage Device, Open 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 Drainage of Right Lung with Drainage Device, Open 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 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 Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Drainage Device

For example

  • Cystostomy tube
  • Foley catheter
  • Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter
  • Thoracostomy tube

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0B9100Z Drainage of Trachea with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0B910ZX Drainage of Trachea, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0B910ZZ Drainage of Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0B9130Z Drainage of Trachea with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0B913ZX Drainage of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0B913ZZ Drainage of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0B9140Z Drainage of Trachea with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0B914ZX Drainage of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0B914ZZ Drainage of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0B9170Z Drainage of Trachea with Drainage Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0B917ZX Drainage of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, Diagnostic Valid
0B917ZZ Drainage of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid