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02N93ZZ

Release Chordae Tendineae, Percutaneous 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 Chordae Tendineae, Percutaneous 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 Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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