Change Drainage Device in Lower Back, External Approach
Medical and Surgical·Anatomical Regions, General·Table 0W2·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0W2LX0Z: Change Drainage Device in Lower Back, External Approach. Table 0W2, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Anatomical Regions, General body system. 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