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04ND4ZZ

Release Left Common Iliac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Left Common Iliac Artery, 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

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
04N00ZZ Release Abdominal Aorta, Open Approach Valid
04N03ZZ Release Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04N04ZZ Release Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04N10ZZ Release Celiac Artery, Open Approach Valid
04N13ZZ Release Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04N14ZZ Release Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04N20ZZ Release Gastric Artery, Open Approach Valid
04N23ZZ Release Gastric Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04N24ZZ Release Gastric Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04N30ZZ Release Hepatic Artery, Open Approach Valid
04N33ZZ Release Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04N34ZZ Release Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid