Get definitions for terms found in the Placement section used in ICD-10-PCS procedure codes. These definitions may also provide additional explanation or examples in their use.
Placement section codes represent procedures for putting an externally placed device in or on a body region for the purpose of protection, immobilization, stretching, compression or packing. Placement procedure codes have a first character value of “2”. The second character value for body system is either anatomical regions or anatomical orifices.