34.04 - Insertion Of Intercostal Catheter For Drainage

The ICD 9 Code for Insertion of intercostal catheter for drainage is listed as 34.04.
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:	34.04
Description:	Insertion of intercostal catheter for drainage
Short Description:	Insert intercostal cath

Chapter:	Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1:	Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum, and diaphragm
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0W9930Z - Drainage of Right Pleural Cavity with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0W9940Z - Drainage of Right Pleural Cavity with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0W9B30Z - Drainage of Left Pleural Cavity with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0W9B40Z - Drainage of Left Pleural Cavity with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 34.04:
34.01 - Incision of chest wall
34.02 - Exploratory thoracotomy
34.03 - Reopening of recent thoracotomy site
34.05 - Creation of pleuroperitoneal shunt
34.06 - Thoracoscopic drainage of pleural cavity
34.09 - Other incision of pleura