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0UUMXJZ

Supplement Vulva with Synthetic Substitute, External 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 Vulva with Synthetic Substitute, External 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 Vulva

Also covers

  • Labia majora
  • Labia minora

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

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
0UU447Z Supplement Uterine Supporting Structure with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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