ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UL Female Reproductive System, Occlusion › 0UL60ZZ

0UL60ZZ

Occlusion of Left Fallopian Tube, 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 Occlusion of Left Fallopian Tube, 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 Occlusion

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

For example

  • Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava

4. Body Part Fallopian Tube, Left

Also covers

  • Oviduct
  • Salpinx
  • Uterine tube

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
0UL50CZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0UL50DZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0UL50ZZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube, Open Approach Valid
0UL53CZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UL53DZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UL53ZZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UL54CZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UL54DZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UL54ZZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UL57DZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0UL57ZZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0UL58DZ Occlusion of Right Fallopian Tube with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid