Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0P9N3ZX

Drainage of Left Carpal, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0P9N3ZX
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Drainage of Left Carpal, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0P9N3ZX is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of drainage of left carpal, percutaneous approach, diagnostic. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0P9N3ZX 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 upper bones body system, classified under drainage operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is carpal, left.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System P Upper Bones
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 N Carpal, Left Includes:
  • Capitate bone
  • Hamate bone
  • Lunate bone
  • Pisiform bone
  • Scaphoid bone
  • Trapezium bone
  • Trapezoid bone
  • Triquetral bone
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 Carpal, Left

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.