ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UU Female Reproductive System, Supplement › 0UU447Z

0UU447Z

Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Uterine Supporting Structure

Also covers

  • Broad ligament
  • Infundibulopelvic ligament
  • Ovarian ligament
  • Round ligament of uterus

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0UU407Z Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU40JZ Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU40KZ Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU44JZ Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UU44KZ Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UU507Z Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU50JZ Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU50KZ Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0UU547Z Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UU54JZ Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UU54KZ Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UU577Z Supplement Right Fallopian Tube with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid