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079000Z

079000Z: Drainage of Head Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Drainage of Head Lymphatic with Drain Dev, Open Approach

How 079000Z 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. 7Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 9Root operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
  4. 0Body partThe specific site
  5. 0ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. 0DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 079000Z

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

  • 075L4ZZDestruction of Cisterna Chyli, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 075M0ZZDestruction of Thymus, Open Approach
  • 075M3ZZDestruction of Thymus, Percutaneous Approach
  • 075M4ZZDestruction of Thymus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 075P0ZZDestruction of Spleen, Open Approach
  • 075P3ZZDestruction of Spleen, Percutaneous Approach
  • 075P4ZZDestruction of Spleen, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 079000ZDrainage of Head Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Open Approach
  • 07900ZXDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Open Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07900ZZDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Open Approach
  • 079030ZDrainage of Head Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach
  • 07903ZXDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07903ZZDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach
  • 079040ZDrainage of Head Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 07904ZXDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07904ZZDrainage of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027