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0V2MX0Z

Change Drainage Device in Epididymis and Spermatic Cord, 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 Change Drainage Device in Epididymis and Spermatic Cord, 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 Change

Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane

All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL

For example

  • Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change

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 Drainage Device

For example

  • Cystostomy tube
  • Foley catheter
  • Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter
  • Thoracostomy tube

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0V24X0Z Change Drainage Device in Prostate and Seminal Vesicles, External Approach Valid
0V24XYZ Change Other Device in Prostate and Seminal Vesicles, External Approach Valid
0V28X0Z Change Drainage Device in Scrotum and Tunica Vaginalis, External Approach Valid
0V28XYZ Change Other Device in Scrotum and Tunica Vaginalis, External Approach Valid
0V2DX0Z Change Drainage Device in Testis, External Approach Valid
0V2DXYZ Change Other Device in Testis, External Approach Valid
0V2MXYZ Change Other Device in Epididymis and Spermatic Cord, External Approach Valid
0V2RX0Z Change Drainage Device in Vas Deferens, External Approach Valid
0V2RXYZ Change Other Device in Vas Deferens, External Approach Valid
0V2SX0Z Change Drainage Device in Penis, External Approach Valid
0V2SXYZ Change Other Device in Penis, External Approach Valid