ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UQ Female Reproductive System, Repair › 0UQF7ZZ

0UQF7ZZ

Repair 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.

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 Repair 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0UQ00ZZ Repair Right Ovary, Open Approach Valid
0UQ03ZZ Repair Right Ovary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UQ04ZZ Repair Right Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UQ08ZZ Repair Right Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0UQ10ZZ Repair Left Ovary, Open Approach Valid
0UQ13ZZ Repair Left Ovary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UQ14ZZ Repair Left Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UQ18ZZ Repair Left Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0UQ20ZZ Repair Bilateral Ovaries, Open Approach Valid
0UQ23ZZ Repair Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UQ24ZZ Repair Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UQ28ZZ Repair Bilateral Ovaries, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid