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0V7N0ZZ

Dilation of Right Vas Deferens, Open 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 Dilation of Right Vas Deferens, Open 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 Dilation

Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part

For example

  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0V7N0DZ Dilation of Right Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0V7N3DZ Dilation of Right Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V7N3ZZ Dilation of Right Vas Deferens, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V7N4DZ Dilation of Right Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V7N4ZZ Dilation of Right Vas Deferens, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V7P0DZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0V7P0ZZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens, Open Approach Valid
0V7P3DZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V7P3ZZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V7P4DZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V7P4ZZ Dilation of Left Vas Deferens, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V7Q0DZ Dilation of Bilateral Vas Deferens with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid