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60.12 - Open Biopsy Of Prostate


The ICD 9 Code for Open biopsy of prostate is listed as 60.12.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 60.12
Description: Open biopsy of prostate
Short Description: Open prostatic biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the male genital organs
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0V900ZX - Drainage of Prostate, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0VB00ZX - Excision of Prostate, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 60.12:
60.11 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of prostate
60.13 - Closed [percutaneous] biopsy of seminal vesicles
60.14 - Open biopsy of seminal vesicles
60.15 - Biopsy of periprostatic tissue
60.18 - Other diagnostic procedures on prostate and periprostatic tissue
60.19 - Other diagnostic procedures on seminal vesicles