ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 02 Heart and Great Vessels › 02N Heart and Great Vessels, Release › 02NX4ZZ
Release Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Release Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch
Also covers
- Aortic arch
- Aortic isthmus
- Aortic root
- Ascending aorta
- Juxtaductal aorta
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize 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 |