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00PEX0Z

00PEX0Z — Removal of Drainage Device from Cranial Nerve, External Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Removal of Drainage Device from Cranial Nrv, Extern Approach

How 00PEX0Z is built

Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.

  1. 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
  2. 0Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. PRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. EBody partThe specific site
  5. XApproachHow the site was reached
  6. 0DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 00PEX0Z

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • 00PE3MZRemoval of Neurostimulator Lead from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 00PE3YZRemoval of Other Device from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 00PE40ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PE42ZRemoval of Monitoring Device from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PE43ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PE47ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PE4MZRemoval of Neurostimulator Lead from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PE4YZRemoval of Other Device from Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 00PEX0ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Cranial Nerve, External Approach
  • 00PEX2ZRemoval of Monitoring Device from Cranial Nerve, External Approach
  • 00PEX3ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Cranial Nerve, External Approach
  • 00PEXMZRemoval of Neurostimulator Lead from Cranial Nerve, External Approach
  • 00PT07ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Spinal Meninges, Open Approach
  • 00PT0JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Spinal Meninges, Open Approach
  • 00PT0KZRemoval of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Spinal Meninges, Open Approach
  • 00PU00ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Spinal Canal, Open Approach
  • 00PU02ZRemoval of Monitoring Device from Spinal Canal, Open Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026