ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H9 Skin and Breast, Drainage › 0H9VXZZ

0H9VXZZ

Drainage of Bilateral Breast, External Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2019. In the code set FY2016 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0H95XZZ Drainage of Chest Skin, External Approach stated for FY2019

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 Bilateral Breast, External Approach
  2. FY2020 Removed from the code set

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

4. Body Part Breast, Bilateral

Also covers

  • Mammary duct
  • Mammary gland

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0H90X0Z Drainage of Scalp Skin with Drainage Device, External Approach Valid
0H90XZX Drainage of Scalp Skin, External Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0H90XZZ Drainage of Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0H91X0Z Drainage of Face Skin with Drainage Device, External Approach Valid
0H91XZX Drainage of Face Skin, External Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0H91XZZ Drainage of Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0H92X0Z Drainage of Right Ear Skin with Drainage Device, External Approach Valid
0H92XZX Drainage of Right Ear Skin, External Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0H92XZZ Drainage of Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0H93X0Z Drainage of Left Ear Skin with Drainage Device, External Approach Valid
0H93XZX Drainage of Left Ear Skin, External Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0H93XZZ Drainage of Left Ear Skin, External Approach Valid