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10J27ZZ

Inspection of Products of Conception, Ectopic, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Inspection of Products of Conception, Ectopic, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Inspection

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
10J00ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Open Approach Valid
10J03ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10J04ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
10J07ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
10J08ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
10J0XZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, External Approach Valid
10J10ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, Open Approach Valid
10J13ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, Percutaneous Approach Valid
10J14ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
10J17ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
10J18ZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
10J1XZZ Inspection of Products of Conception, Retained, External Approach Valid