Clinical classification codes

Coding recommendations

M70.2 Perineal needle biopsy of prostate

Y53.2 Approach to organ under ultrasonic control

The NHS Classifications Service has advised NICE that currently these are the most suitable OPCS-4 codes to describe this procedure. The OPCS-4 classification is designed to categorise procedures for analysis and it is not always possible to identify a procedure uniquely.

This page was last updated: 10 October 2023