ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0N2 Head and Facial Bones, Change › 0N2BX0Z

0N2BX0Z

Change Drainage Device in Nasal Bone, External 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 Change Drainage Device in Nasal Bone, 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

4. Body Part Nasal Bone

Also covers

  • Vomer of nasal septum

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
0N20X0Z Change Drainage Device in Skull, External Approach Valid
0N20XYZ Change Other Device in Skull, External Approach Valid
0N2BXYZ Change Other Device in Nasal Bone, External Approach Valid
0N2WX0Z Change Drainage Device in Facial Bone, External Approach Valid
0N2WXYZ Change Other Device in Facial Bone, External Approach Valid