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ICD 10 Code 0TC60ZZ

Extirpation of Matter from Right Ureter, Open Approach

0TC60ZZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Extirpation of Matter from Right Ureter, Open Approach. It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

Extirpation involves:
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part. The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

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

Extirpation includes:

  • Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy

Ureter, Right body part includes:

  • Ureteral orifice
  • Ureterovesical orifice
MS-DRG - Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group
  • MDC 11 Diseases & Disorders of the Kidney & Urinary Tract
    Kidney and Ureter Procedures
    • DRG 656 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NEOPLASM WITH MCC
    • DRG 657 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NEOPLASM WITH CC
    • DRG 658 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 659 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH MCC
    • DRG 660 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH CC
    • DRG 661 - KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 99 Other
    Non-extensive Procedure Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis
    • DRG 987 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC
    • DRG 988 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC
    • DRG 989 - NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT CC/MCC

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 0TC60ZZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System T Urinary System
3: Root Operation C Extirpation
4: Body Part 6 Ureter, Right
5: Approach 0 Open
6: Device Z No Device
7: Qualifier Z No Qualifier

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Medical and Surgical terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.