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0X9600Z

Drainage of Right Upper Extremity with Drainage Device, Open 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 Right Upper Extremity with Drainage Device, Open 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 Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose 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
0X9200Z Drainage of Right Shoulder Region with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0X920ZX Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0X920ZZ Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0X9230Z Drainage of Right Shoulder Region with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X923ZX Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0X923ZZ Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X9240Z Drainage of Right Shoulder Region with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0X924ZX Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0X924ZZ Drainage of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0X9300Z Drainage of Left Shoulder Region with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0X930ZX Drainage of Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0X930ZZ Drainage of Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid