34.20 - Thoracoscopic Pleural Biopsy
The ICD 9 Code for Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy is listed as 34.20.
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: | 34.20 |
| Description: | Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy |
| Short Description: | Thoracoscopic pleural bx |
| 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: | 0BBN4ZX - Excision of Right Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 0BBP4ZX - Excision of Left Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 34.20: | |
| 34.21 - Transpleural thoracoscopy | |
| 34.22 - Mediastinoscopy | |
| 34.23 - Biopsy of chest wall | |
| 34.24 - Other pleural biopsy | |
| 34.25 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of mediastinum | |
| 34.26 - Open mediastinal biopsy | |
| 34.27 - Biopsy of diaphragm | |
| 34.28 - Other diagnostic procedures on chest wall, pleura, and diaphragm | |
| 34.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on mediastinum | |