ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0N9 Head and Facial Bones, Drainage › 0N920ZX

0N920ZX

Drainage of Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach, Diagnostic

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 FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0N910ZX Drainage of Frontal Bone, Open Approach, Diagnostic stated for FY2017

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 Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach, Diagnostic
  2. FY2018 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

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0N9000Z Drainage of Skull with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0N900ZX Drainage of Skull, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0N900ZZ Drainage of Skull, Open Approach Valid
0N9030Z Drainage of Skull with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N903ZX Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0N903ZZ Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N9040Z Drainage of Skull with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N904ZX Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0N904ZZ Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N9100Z Drainage of Frontal Bone with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0N910ZX Drainage of Frontal Bone, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0N910ZZ Drainage of Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid