ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0U2 Female Reproductive System, Change › 0U2HXGZ
Change Pessary in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, External Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Change Pessary in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, 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 Change
Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane
All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL
For example
- Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0U23X0Z | Change Drainage Device in Ovary, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U23XYZ | Change Other Device in Ovary, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U28X0Z | Change Drainage Device in Fallopian Tube, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U28XYZ | Change Other Device in Fallopian Tube, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2DX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Uterus and Cervix, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2DXHZ | Change Contraceptive Device in Uterus and Cervix, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2DXYZ | Change Other Device in Uterus and Cervix, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2HX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2HXYZ | Change Other Device in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2MX0Z | Change Drainage Device in Vulva, External Approach | Valid |
| 0U2MXYZ | Change Other Device in Vulva, External Approach | Valid |