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0VCF3ZZ

Extirpation of Matter from Right Spermatic Cord, 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 Extirpation of Matter from Right Spermatic Cord, 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 Extirpation

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

For example

  • Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0VC00ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Prostate, Open Approach Valid
0VC03ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Prostate, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VC04ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VC07ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0VC08ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0VC10ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach Valid
0VC13ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VC14ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VC20ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach Valid
0VC23ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VC24ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VC30ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Bilateral Seminal Vesicles, Open Approach Valid