ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0W4 Anatomical Regions, General, Creation › 0W4M0Z0

0W4M0Z0

Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2018. In the code set FY2016 to FY2018, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0W4M070 Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach stated for FY2018

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 Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum, Open Approach
  2. FY2019 Removed from the code set

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 Creation

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material to form a new body part that to the extent possible replicates the anatomic structure or function of an absent body part

Used for gender reassignment surgery and corrective procedures in individuals with congenital anomalies

For example

  • Creation of vagina in a male, creation of right and left atrioventricular valve from common atrioventricular valve

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
0W4M070 Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4M0J0 Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4M0K0 Creation of Vagina in Male Perineum with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4N071 Creation of Penis in Female Perineum with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4N0J1 Creation of Penis in Female Perineum with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4N0K1 Creation of Penis in Female Perineum with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0W4N0Z1 Creation of Penis in Female Perineum, Open Approach Retired