Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 019L3ZX

Drainage of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic

ICD-10-PCS Code:
019L3ZX
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Drainage of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Perc Approach, Diagn
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

019L3ZX is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of drainage of thoracic sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach, diagnostic. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

019L3ZX PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the peripheral nervous system body system, classified under drainage operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is thoracic sympathetic nerve.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System 1 Peripheral Nervous System
3 Operation 9 Drainage

Involves:
Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

Explanation:
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

Includes:
  • Thoracentesis, incision and drainage
4 BodyPart L Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve Includes:
  • Cardiac plexus
  • Esophageal plexus
  • Greater splanchnic nerve
  • Inferior cardiac nerve
  • Least splanchnic nerve
  • Lesser splanchnic nerve
  • Middle cardiac nerve
  • Pulmonary plexus
  • Superior cardiac nerve
  • Thoracic aortic plexus
  • Thoracic ganglion
5 Approach 3 Percutaneous

Involves:
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier X Diagnostic

Clinical Classification

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Drainage Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.