ICD 10 PCS Coding This 40-year-old patient is diagnosed with psoriasis. The left
ID: 239344 • Letter: I
Question
ICD 10 PCS Coding
This 40-year-old patient is diagnosed with psoriasis. The left middle and lower back area have numerous red and raised lesions at this time. The patient presented today for ultraviolet treatment. The treatment was completed and the patient was instructed to return in 1 week for examination of the area. ICD-10-PCS Code Assignment: ___________
This leukemia patient presents today for extracorporeal separation of blood to remove leukocytes. The patient tolerated the procedure with no complications and was instructed to return to my office in 7 days. ICD-10-PCS Code Assignment: _________
This 74-year-old male patient presents today for his dialysis treatment due to chronic kidney disease. The patient tolerated the treatment and will return on Wednesday. ICD-10-PCS Code Assignment: __________
Explanation / Answer
1)The ICD code for psoriasis is
L.40.9
UV procedure:6A800ZZ.Section( 6 ) Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies
Body System( A ) Physiological Systems
Operation( 8 ) Ultraviolet Light Therapy
Body System(0) Skin
Duration(0) Single
Qualifier(Z) No Qualifier
Qualifier(Z) No Qualifier
2)ICD code for extracorporeal removal of leukocytes
6A550Z1 - series of leukocyte removal therapy treatment.
6 extracorporeal
A physiological system
5 Pheresis
5 Circulatory
0 filtration
Z No device
1 performance by extracorporeal means
3)ICD code 5A1D60Z where 5 is the extracorporeal performance, A is the physiological system performance,1 is the taking of physiological performance by extracorporeal means for the procedure dialysis in a chronic renal failure.