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0T940ZX

Drainage of Left Kidney Pelvis, Open Approach, Diagnostic

V44.0 O.R. procedure

An operating room procedure. An O.R. procedure drives DRG assignment on its own, so it can change the MDC and MS-DRG regardless of the principal diagnosis.

MDC assignment

This code appears under more than one MDC. Which applies depends on the rest of the encounter, so group the claim to settle it.

MDC 08 Diseases and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue O.R. Procedures
515 516 517
MDC 11 Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm
656 657 658
MDC 11 Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm
659 660 661
MDC 16 Diseases and Disorders of Blood, Blood Forming Organs and Immunologic Disorders
Other O.R. Procedures of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs
802 803 804
MDC 17 Myeloproliferative Diseases and Disorders, Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms
Lymphoma and Leukemia with Major O.R. Procedures
820 821 822
MDC 17 Myeloproliferative Diseases and Disorders, Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Major O.R. Procedures
826 827 828
MDC 21 Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs
Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries
907 908 909
MDC 24 Multiple Significant Trauma
Other O.R. Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
Applies only when the stay qualifies as multiple significant trauma
957 958 959

Group a claim with this code

0T940ZX reaches 8 DRG groups across 6 MDCs. Enter it with a principal diagnosis to see which one it lands in.

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