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34.22 - Mediastinoscopy


The ICD 9 Code for Mediastinoscopy is listed as 34.22.
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: 34.22
Description: Mediastinoscopy
Short Description: Mediastinoscopy
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: 0WJC4ZZ - Inspection of Mediastinum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0WJD4ZZ - Inspection of Pericardial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 34.22:
34.20 - Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy
34.21 - Transpleural thoracoscopy
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