ICD-10-PCS 6A5 Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies: Physiological Systems Pheresis

The ICD-10-PCS root operation Pheresis (code 6A5) refers to a procedure involving the extracorporeal removal or separation of specific physiological components from the blood or blood products. This is classified under Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies.

In practice, pheresis entails extracting targeted elements such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, plasma, or specialized cells like cord blood stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells. The ICD-10-PCS codes further distinguish whether the procedure is performed once (single) or repeatedly (multiple) in the same episode. For example, code 6A550Z0 denotes the single pheresis of erythrocytes, while 6A551Z2 corresponds to multiple pheresis sessions of platelets. These codes help accurately capture the specific type and frequency of pheresis, essential for correct procedural documentation and billing in systemic therapy contexts.

List of ICD-10-PCS codes used to specify 6A5 - Pheresis (extracorporeal separation of blood products). There are a total of 13 procedure codes in this section.

• 6A5 - Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies, Physiological Systems, Pheresis

• 6A550Z0 - Pheresis of Erythrocytes, Single

• 6A550Z1 - Pheresis of Leukocytes, Single

• 6A550Z2 - Pheresis of Platelets, Single

• 6A550Z3 - Pheresis of Plasma, Single

• 6A550ZT - Pheresis of Cord Blood Stem Cells, Single

• 6A550ZV - Pheresis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Single

• 6A551Z0 - Pheresis of Erythrocytes, Multiple

• 6A551Z1 - Pheresis of Leukocytes, Multiple

• 6A551Z2 - Pheresis of Platelets, Multiple

• 6A551Z3 - Pheresis of Plasma, Multiple

• 6A551ZT - Pheresis of Cord Blood Stem Cells, Multiple

• 6A551ZV - Pheresis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Multiple