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ICD 10 Code 079C3ZZ

Drainage of Pelvis Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach

079C3ZZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Drainage of Pelvis Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach. It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

Drainage involves:
Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part. The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

Percutaneous approach 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

Drainage includes:

  • Thoracentesis, incision and drainage

Lymphatic, Pelvis body part includes:

  • Common iliac (subaortic) lymph node
  • Gluteal lymph node
  • Iliac lymph node
  • Inferior epigastric lymph node
  • Obturator lymph node
  • Sacral lymph node
  • Subaortic (common iliac) lymph node
  • Suprainguinal lymph node

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 079C3ZZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System 7 Lymphatic and Hemic Systems
3: Root Operation 9 Drainage
4: Body Part C Lymphatic, Pelvis
5: Approach 3 Percutaneous
6: Device Z No Device
7: Qualifier Z No Qualifier

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Medical and Surgical terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.