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0CUNX7Z

Supplement Uvula with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Supplement Uvula with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Uvula

Also covers

  • Palatine uvula

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0CU007Z Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0CU00JZ Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0CU00KZ Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0CU037Z Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CU03JZ Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CU03KZ Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CU0X7Z Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
0CU0XJZ Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach Valid
0CU0XKZ Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
0CU107Z Supplement Lower Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0CU10JZ Supplement Lower Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0CU10KZ Supplement Lower Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid