ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia › 0J9 Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Drainage › 0J9730Z

0J9730Z

Drainage of Back Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Percutaneous 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 Back Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Percutaneous 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 Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach 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
0J9000Z Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0J900ZX Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0J900ZZ Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J9030Z Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J903ZX Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0J903ZZ Drainage of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J9100Z Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0J910ZX Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0J910ZZ Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J9130Z Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J913ZX Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0J913ZZ Drainage of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid