ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0G Endocrine System › 0G2 Endocrine System, Change › 0G2KX0Z

0G2KX0Z

Change Drainage Device in Thyroid Gland, 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 Thyroid Gland, 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 Drainage Device

For example

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0G20X0Z Change Drainage Device in Pituitary Gland, External Approach Valid
0G20XYZ Change Other Device in Pituitary Gland, External Approach Valid
0G21X0Z Change Drainage Device in Pineal Body, External Approach Valid
0G21XYZ Change Other Device in Pineal Body, External Approach Valid
0G25X0Z Change Drainage Device in Adrenal Gland, External Approach Valid
0G25XYZ Change Other Device in Adrenal Gland, External Approach Valid
0G2KXYZ Change Other Device in Thyroid Gland, External Approach Valid
0G2RX0Z Change Drainage Device in Parathyroid Gland, External Approach Valid
0G2RXYZ Change Other Device in Parathyroid Gland, External Approach Valid
0G2SX0Z Change Drainage Device in Endocrine Gland, External Approach Valid
0G2SXYZ Change Other Device in Endocrine Gland, External Approach Valid