93.56 - Application Of Pressure Dressing

The ICD 9 Code for Application of pressure dressing is listed as 93.56.
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:	93.56
Description:	Application of pressure dressing
Short Description:	Pressure dressing applic

Chapter:	Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1:	Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and related procedures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W10X6Z - Compression of Head using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W11X6Z - Compression of Face using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W12X6Z - Compression of Neck using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W13X6Z - Compression of Abdominal Wall using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W14X6Z - Compression of Chest Wall using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W15X6Z - Compression of Back using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W16X6Z - Compression of Right Inguinal Region using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W17X6Z - Compression of Left Inguinal Region using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W18X6Z - Compression of Right Upper Extremity using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W19X6Z - Compression of Left Upper Extremity using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W1LX6Z - Compression of Right Lower Extremity using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	2W1MX6Z - Compression of Left Lower Extremity using Pressure Dressing (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 93.56:
93.51 - Application of plaster jacket
93.52 - Application of neck support
93.53 - Application of other cast
93.54 - Application of splint
93.55 - Dental wiring
93.57 - Application of other wound dressing
93.58 - Application of pressure trousers
93.59 - Other immobilization, pressure, and attention to wound