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99.79 - Other Therapeutic Apheresis


The ICD 9 Code for Other therapeutic apheresis is listed as 99.79.
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: 99.79
Description: Other therapeutic apheresis
Short Description: Other therapeu apheresis
Chapter: Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1: Other nonoperative procedures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 6A550ZT - Pheresis of Cord Blood Stem Cells, Single (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 6A550ZV - Pheresis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Single (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 99.79:
99.71 - Therapeutic plasmapheresis
99.72 - Therapeutic leukopheresis
99.73 - Therapeutic erythrocytapheresis
99.74 - Therapeutic plateletpheresis
99.75 - Administration of neuroprotective agent
99.76 - Extracorporeal immunoadsorption
99.77 - Application or administration of an adhesion barrier substance
99.78 - Aquapheresis