ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 02 Heart and Great Vessels › 02N Heart and Great Vessels, Release › 02N90ZZ
Release Chordae Tendineae, Open Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Chordae Tendineae, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 02N00ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, One Artery, Open Approach | Valid |
| 02N03ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 02N04ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 02N10ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Open Approach | Valid |
| 02N13ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 02N14ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 02N20ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Three Arteries, Open Approach | Valid |
| 02N23ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Three Arteries, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 02N24ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Three Arteries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 02N30ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Four or More Arteries, Open Approach | Valid |
| 02N33ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Four or More Arteries, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 02N34ZZ | Release Coronary Artery, Four or More Arteries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |