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10900ZC

Drainage of Amniotic Fluid, Therapeutic from Products of Conception, 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 Amniotic Fluid, Therapeutic from Products of Conception, 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

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
10900Z9 Drainage of Fetal Blood from Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10900ZA Drainage of Fetal Cerebrospinal Fluid from Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10900ZB Drainage of Other Fetal Fluid from Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10900ZD Drainage of Other Fluid from Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10900ZU Drainage of Amniotic Fluid, Diagnostic from Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10903Z9 Drainage of Fetal Blood from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10903ZA Drainage of Fetal Cerebrospinal Fluid from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10903ZB Drainage of Other Fetal Fluid from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10903ZC Drainage of Amniotic Fluid, Therapeutic from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10903ZD Drainage of Other Fluid from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10903ZU Drainage of Amniotic Fluid, Diagnostic from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10904Z9 Drainage of Fetal Blood from Products of Conception, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid