2021 ICD-10-PCS Procedure Code 0UPD40Z

Removal of Drainage Device from Uterus and Cervix, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Version 2021

Billable Code

Procedures For Females Only

Valid for Submission

0UPD40Z is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of removal of drainage device from uterus and cervix, percutaneous endoscopic approach. The code is valid for the year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

The procedure code 0UPD40Z is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the female reproductive system body system, classified under the removal operation. The applicable bodypart is uterus and cervix.

ICD-10-PCS:	0UPD40Z
Short Description:	Remove of Drain Dev from Uterus & Cervix, Perc Endo Approach
Long Description:	Removal of Drainage Device from Uterus and Cervix, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ICD-10-PCS Details

Position	Designation	Character	Label	Notes
1	Section	0	Medical and Surgical
2	Body System	U	Female Reproductive System
3	Operation	P	Removal	Involves: Taking out or off a device from a body part Explanation: If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL Involves: Taking out or off a device from a body part Explanation: If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL Includes: Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
4	BodyPart	D	Uterus and Cervix
5	Approach	4	Percutaneous Endoscopic	Involves: 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 Involves: 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
6	Device	0	Drainage Device	Includes: Cystostomy tube Foley catheter Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter Thoracostomy tube Cystostomy tube Foley catheter Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter Thoracostomy tube
7	Qualifier	Z	No Qualifier	Explanation: The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

Procedures for females only - this code is intended for procedures for females only.

Diagnostic Related Groups

The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The procedure code 0UPD40Z is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

736 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 4.2582
737 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH CC - Relative Weight: 2.0582
738 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 1.4766
742 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 1.717
743 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 1.1323
907 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 3.9571
908 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH CC - Relative Weight: 2.0404
909 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 1.3746
957 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 7.4208
958 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH CC - Relative Weight: 4.2054
959 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 2.7342

Convert 0UPD40Z to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

ICD-9-PCS: 680 (Approximate Flag) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
ICD-9-PCS: 6995 (Approximate Flag) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. These 2021 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.

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