Release Sacral Plexus, 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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Release Sacral Plexus, 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 Sacral Plexus

Also covers

Inferior gluteal nerve
Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
Pudendal nerve

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

Code	Description	Status
01N00ZZ	Release Cervical Plexus, Open Approach	Valid
01N03ZZ	Release Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
01N04ZZ	Release Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
01N10ZZ	Release Cervical Nerve, Open Approach	Valid
01N13ZZ	Release Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
01N14ZZ	Release Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
01N20ZZ	Release Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach	Valid
01N23ZZ	Release Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
01N24ZZ	Release Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
01N30ZZ	Release Brachial Plexus, Open Approach	Valid
01N33ZZ	Release Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
01N34ZZ	Release Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid

At a glance

Code: 01NQ0ZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: 01N

Where this code sits

Section 0 Medical and Surgical
Body system 01 Peripheral Nervous System
Category 01N Peripheral Nervous System, Release
This code 01NQ0ZZ Release Sacral Plexus, Open Approach

What each character means

0 Section Medical and Surgical
1 Body system Peripheral Nervous System
N Root operation Release
Q Body Part Sacral Plexus
0 Approach Open
Z Device No Device
Z Qualifier No Qualifier

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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