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0Q9K30Z

Drainage of Left Fibula 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 Left Fibula 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

4. Body Part Fibula, Left

Also covers

  • Body of fibula
  • Head of fibula
  • Lateral malleolus

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
0Q9000Z Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0Q900ZX Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0Q900ZZ Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0Q9030Z Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q903ZX Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0Q903ZZ Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q9040Z Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q904ZX Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0Q904ZZ Drainage of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q9100Z Drainage of Sacrum with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0Q910ZX Drainage of Sacrum, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0Q910ZZ Drainage of Sacrum, Open Approach Valid