ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0W0 Anatomical Regions, General, Alteration › 0W0N0ZZ

0W0N0ZZ

Alteration of Female Perineum, 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 Alteration of Female Perineum, 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 Alteration

Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

Principal purpose is to improve appearance

For example

  • Face lift, breast augmentation

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0W0007Z Alteration of Head with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W000JZ Alteration of Head with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W000KZ Alteration of Head with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W000ZZ Alteration of Head, Open Approach Valid
0W0037Z Alteration of Head with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0W003JZ Alteration of Head with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0W003KZ Alteration of Head with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0W003ZZ Alteration of Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0W0047Z Alteration of Head with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0W004JZ Alteration of Head with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0W004KZ Alteration of Head with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0W004ZZ Alteration of Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid