ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UC Female Reproductive System, Extirpation › 0UCF7ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from Cul-de-sac, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Extirpation of Matter from Cul-de-sac, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0UC00ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Ovary, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UC03ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Ovary, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0UC04ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UC08ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0UC10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Ovary, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UC13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Ovary, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0UC14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UC18ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0UC20ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Bilateral Ovaries, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UC23ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0UC24ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UC28ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Bilateral Ovaries, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |