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0U7C0ZZ

Dilation of Cervix, Open 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 Dilation of Cervix, Open 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 Dilation

Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part

For example

  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0U750DZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0U750ZZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube, Open Approach Valid
0U753DZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0U753ZZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0U754DZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0U754ZZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0U757DZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0U757ZZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0U758DZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0U758ZZ Dilation of Right Fallopian Tube, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0U760DZ Dilation of Left Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0U760ZZ Dilation of Left Fallopian Tube, Open Approach Valid