ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0V Male Reproductive System › 0VN Male Reproductive System, Release › 0VNL8ZZ
0VNL8ZZ
Release Bilateral Epididymis, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.
- FY2018 Added to the code set Release Bilateral Epididymis, 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 Release
Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force
Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out
For example
- Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0VN00ZZ | Release Prostate, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VN03ZZ | Release Prostate, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VN04ZZ | Release Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VN07ZZ | Release Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0VN08ZZ | Release Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0VN10ZZ | Release Right Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VN13ZZ | Release Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VN14ZZ | Release Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VN20ZZ | Release Left Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VN23ZZ | Release Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VN24ZZ | Release Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VN30ZZ | Release Bilateral Seminal Vesicles, Open Approach | Valid |