ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0V Male Reproductive System › 0VQ Male Reproductive System, Repair › 0VQC4ZZ
Repair Bilateral Testes, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
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 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Repair Bilateral Testes, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Repair
Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function
Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations
For example
- Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0VQ00ZZ | Repair Prostate, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ03ZZ | Repair Prostate, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ04ZZ | Repair Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ07ZZ | Repair Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0VQ08ZZ | Repair Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0VQ10ZZ | Repair Right Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ13ZZ | Repair Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ14ZZ | Repair Right Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ20ZZ | Repair Left Seminal Vesicle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ23ZZ | Repair Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ24ZZ | Repair Left Seminal Vesicle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0VQ30ZZ | Repair Bilateral Seminal Vesicles, Open Approach | Valid |