ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HP Skin and Breast, Removal › 0HPTX0Z

0HPTX0Z

Removal of Drainage Device from Right 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:

  • 0HPPX0Z Removal of Drainage Device from 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 Removal of Drainage Device from Right 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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
0HPPX0Z Removal of Drainage Device from Skin, External Approach Valid
0HPPX7Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, External Approach Valid
0HPPXJZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Skin, External Approach Valid
0HPPXKZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, External Approach Valid
0HPPXYZ Removal of Other Device from Skin, External Approach Valid
0HPQX0Z Removal of Drainage Device from Finger Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPQX7Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPQXJZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPQXKZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPRX0Z Removal of Drainage Device from Toe Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPRX7Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Toe Nail, External Approach Valid
0HPRXJZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Toe Nail, External Approach Valid