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33.28 - Open Biopsy Of Lung


The ICD 9 Code for Open biopsy of lung is listed as 33.28.
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: 33.28
Description: Open biopsy of lung
Short Description: Open lung biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1: Other operations on lung and bronchus
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0B9K0ZX - Drainage of Right Lung, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0B9L0ZX - Drainage of Left Lung, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0B9M0ZX - Drainage of Bilateral Lungs, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BBK0ZX - Excision of Right Lung, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BBL0ZX - Excision of Left Lung, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BBM0ZX - Excision of Bilateral Lungs, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 33.28:
33.20 - Thoracoscopic lung biopsy
33.21 - Bronchoscopy through artificial stoma
33.22 - Fiber-optic bronchoscopy
33.23 - Other bronchoscopy
33.24 - Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of bronchus
33.25 - Open biopsy of bronchus
33.26 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of lung
33.27 - Closed endoscopic biopsy of lung
33.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on lung or bronchus