ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0V Male Reproductive System › 0V9 Male Reproductive System, Drainage › 0V9L00Z

0V9L00Z

Drainage of Bilateral Epididymis with Drainage Device, 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 Drainage of Bilateral Epididymis with Drainage Device, 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 Drainage

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Thoracentesis, incision and drainage

5. Approach Open

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

6. Device Drainage Device

For example

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0V9000Z Drainage of Prostate with Drainage Device, Open Approach Valid
0V900ZX Drainage of Prostate, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0V900ZZ Drainage of Prostate, Open Approach Valid
0V9030Z Drainage of Prostate with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V903ZX Drainage of Prostate, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0V903ZZ Drainage of Prostate, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0V9040Z Drainage of Prostate with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V904ZX Drainage of Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0V904ZZ Drainage of Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0V9070Z Drainage of Prostate with Drainage Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0V907ZX Drainage of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, Diagnostic Valid
0V907ZZ Drainage of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid