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079600Z

079600Z: Drainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Drainage of L Axilla Lymph with Drain Dev, Open Approach

How 079600Z 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. 6Body 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 079600Z

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

  • 07953ZXDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07953ZZDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach
  • 079540ZDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 07954ZXDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07954ZZDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 079580ZDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
  • 07958ZXDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07958ZZDrainage of Right Axillary Lymphatic, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
  • 079600ZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Open Approach
  • 07960ZXDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Open Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07960ZZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Open Approach
  • 079630ZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach
  • 07963ZXDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07963ZZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach
  • 079640ZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 07964ZXDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 07964ZZDrainage of Left Axillary Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027