ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 04 Lower Arteries › 04N Lower Arteries, Release › 04NR0ZZ
Release Right Posterior Tibial Artery, 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 Right Posterior Tibial Artery, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |