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0LPY40Z

Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 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 Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize 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
0LPX00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LPX07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LPX0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LPX0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LPX0YZ Removal of Other Device from Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LPX30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LPX37Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LPX3JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LPX3KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LPX3YZ Removal of Other Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LPX40Z Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LPX47Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid