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0WPB40Z

0WPB40Z — Removal of Drainage Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Removal of Drain Dev from L Pleural Cav, Perc Endo Approach

How 0WPB40Z 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. WBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. PRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. BBody partThe specific site
  5. 4ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. 0DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 0WPB40Z

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

  • 0WPB03ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Open Approach
  • 0WPB0JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Left Pleural Cavity, Open Approach
  • 0WPB0YZRemoval of Other Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Open Approach
  • 0WPB30ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WPB31ZRemoval of Radioactive Element from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WPB33ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WPB3JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WPB3YZRemoval of Other Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WPB40ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WPB41ZRemoval of Radioactive Element from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WPB43ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WPB4JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WPB4YZRemoval of Other Device from Left Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WPBX0ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Left Pleural Cavity, External Approach
  • 0WPBX1ZRemoval of Radioactive Element from Left Pleural Cavity, External Approach
  • 0WPBX3ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Left Pleural Cavity, External Approach
  • 0WPC00ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Mediastinum, Open Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026