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0VLG8ZZ

Occlusion of Left Spermatic Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Occlusion of Left Spermatic Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Occlusion

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

For example

  • Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava

5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0VLF0CZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0VLF0DZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0VLF0ZZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord, Open Approach Valid
0VLF3CZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VLF3DZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VLF3ZZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0VLF4CZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VLF4DZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VLF4ZZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0VLF8CZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Extraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0VLF8DZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0VLF8ZZ Occlusion of Right Spermatic Cord, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid