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0U16479

Bypass Left Fallopian Tube to Uterus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Bypass Left Fallopian Tube to Uterus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Bypass

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Rerouting contents of a body part to a downstream area of the normal route, to a similar route and body part, or to an abnormal route and dissimilar body part. Includes one or more anastomoses, with or without the use of a device

For example

  • Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation

4. Body Part Fallopian Tube, Left

Also covers

  • Oviduct
  • Salpinx
  • Uterine tube

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0U15075 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Right Fallopian Tube with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U15076 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Left Fallopian Tube with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U15079 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Uterus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150J5 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Right Fallopian Tube with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150J6 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Left Fallopian Tube with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150J9 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Uterus with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150K5 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Right Fallopian Tube with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150K6 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Left Fallopian Tube with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150K9 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Uterus with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0U150Z5 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Right Fallopian Tube, Open Approach Valid
0U150Z6 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Left Fallopian Tube, Open Approach Valid
0U150Z9 Bypass Right Fallopian Tube to Uterus, Open Approach Valid