12.91 - Therapeutic Evacuation Of Anterior Chamber

The ICD 9 Code for Therapeutic evacuation of anterior chamber is listed as 12.91.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field	Value
Procedure Code:	12.91
Description:	Therapeutic evacuation of anterior chamber
Short Description:	Therapeut evac ant chamb

Chapter:	Operations on the eye
Subsection 1:	Operations on iris, ciliary body, sclera, and anterior chamber
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	089230Z - Drainage of Right Anterior Chamber with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	08923ZZ - Drainage of Right Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	089330Z - Drainage of Left Anterior Chamber with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	08933ZZ - Drainage of Left Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 12.91:
12.92 - Injection into anterior chamber
12.93 - Removal or destruction of epithelial downgrowth from anterior chamber
12.97 - Other operations on iris
12.98 - Other operations on ciliary body
12.99 - Other operations on anterior chamber