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00N70ZZ

Release Cerebral Hemisphere, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Release Cerebral Hemisphere, Open Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Release

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force

Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

For example

  • Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release

4. Body Part Cerebral Hemisphere

Also covers

  • Frontal lobe
  • Occipital lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Temporal lobe

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00N00ZZ Release Brain, Open Approach Valid
00N03ZZ Release Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00N04ZZ Release Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00N10ZZ Release Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach Valid
00N13ZZ Release Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00N14ZZ Release Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00N20ZZ Release Dura Mater, Open Approach Valid
00N23ZZ Release Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00N24ZZ Release Dura Mater, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00N60ZZ Release Cerebral Ventricle, Open Approach Valid
00N63ZZ Release Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00N64ZZ Release Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid