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ICD-10-PCS 2027 procedure code

0VU18KZSupplement Right Seminal Vesicle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

✓ Valid for 2027O.R. procedureMale only

Short description: Supplement Right Seminal Vesicle with Nonaut Sub, Endo

Code last changed in FY2018 (effective October 1, 2017). Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-PCS release from CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data

About 0VU18KZ

0VU18KZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a supplement procedure on the right seminal vesicle using a via natural or artificial opening endoscopic approach with nonautologous tissue substitute. In ICD-10-PCS, supplement means putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to other operations on seminal vesicles, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (60.79).

For a different body part, codes include 0VU28KZ (left seminal vesicle), 0VU38KZ (bilateral seminal vesicles), 0VU68KZ (right tunica vaginalis), 0VU78KZ (left tunica vaginalis), 0VUF8KZ (right spermatic cord), 0VUG8KZ (left spermatic cord) and 7 more.

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 0VU10KZ (open) and 0VU14KZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 0VU187Z (autologous tissue substitute) and 0VU18JZ (synthetic substitute).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 715 (Male Reproductive System and Other O.R. Procedures for Malignancy with CC/MCC), DRG 716 (Male Reproductive System and Other O.R. Procedures for Malignancy without CC/MCC), DRG 717 (Other Male Reproductive System O.R. Procedures with CC/MCC) and DRG 718 (Other Male Reproductive System O.R. Procedures without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “” and “Other Male Reproductive System O.R. Procedures”.

It was added in FY2018, effective October 1, 2017.

What each character means

1. Section
0Medical and Surgical
2. Body System
VMale Reproductive System
3. Operation
USupplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

Includes: Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part
1Seminal Vesicle, Right
5. Approach
8Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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

6. Device
KNonautologous Tissue Substitute

Includes: Acellular Hydrated Dermis; Bone bank bone graft; Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s); Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s); Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s); Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s); Fish skin; Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose); MIRODERM(tm) Biologic Wound Matrix; Piscine skin; Tissue bank graft

7. Qualifier
ZNo Qualifier

Other versions of this procedure

MS-DRG v44.0 grouping

All DRGs →

Surgical MS-DRGs this procedure can group to, depending on the principal diagnosis's MDC.

MDC 12 · Diseases and Disorders of the Male Reproductive System · Other Male Reproductive System O.R. Procedures

ICD-9-CM equivalent

Converter →
  • 60.79Other operations on seminal vesiclesapproximate

From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.

Code history

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
  12. 2027
  • FY2018 (effective 10/1/2017): Added
  • No changes since FY2018.

Common questions about 0VU18KZ

Is 0VU18KZ a valid ICD-10-PCS code for 2027?

Yes. 0VU18KZ is valid for inpatient procedures from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Is 0VU18KZ an O.R. procedure?

Yes. 0VU18KZ is an O.R. procedure in MS-DRG v44.0.

What DRG does 0VU18KZ group to?

Depending on the principal diagnosis, 0VU18KZ can group to MS-DRG 715, MS-DRG 716, MS-DRG 717 and MS-DRG 718.

What is the ICD-9 procedure code for 0VU18KZ?

The CMS GEMs map 0VU18KZ to ICD-9-CM 60.79 (Other operations on seminal vesicles).