Change Drainage Device in Brain, External Approach
Medical and Surgical·Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves·Table 002·FY 2027
0020X0Z is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Change Drainage Device in Brain, External Approach. It belongs to PCS table 002, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). The procedure targets the Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves body system. Its root operation is Change. The approach used is External.
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What the code means
Change: root operation
Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane
All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL
Includes: Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change
External: approach
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane