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0UWH3JZ

Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, Percutaneous 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 Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Vagina and Cul-de-sac, Percutaneous 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 Revision

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin

For example

  • Adjustment of position of pacemaker lead, recementing of hip prosthesis

5. Approach Percutaneous

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

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
0UW300Z Revision of Drainage Device in Ovary, Open Approach Valid
0UW303Z Revision of Infusion Device in Ovary, Open Approach Valid
0UW30YZ Revision of Other Device in Ovary, Open Approach Valid
0UW330Z Revision of Drainage Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UW333Z Revision of Infusion Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UW33YZ Revision of Other Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0UW340Z Revision of Drainage Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UW343Z Revision of Infusion Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UW34YZ Revision of Other Device in Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0UW37YZ Revision of Other Device in Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0UW38YZ Revision of Other Device in Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0UW3X0Z Revision of Drainage Device in Ovary, External Approach Valid