ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0G Endocrine System › 0G2 Endocrine System, Change › 0G2KXYZ
Change Other Device in Thyroid Gland, 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 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 Other Device
For example
- Alfapump(R) system
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 0G2KX0Z | Change Drainage 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 |