Release Left Basilic Vein, Open 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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Release Left Basilic Vein, 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

4. Body Part Basilic Vein, Left

Also covers

Median antebrachial vein
Median cubital vein

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
05N00ZZ	Release Azygos Vein, Open Approach	Valid
05N03ZZ	Release Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
05N04ZZ	Release Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
05N10ZZ	Release Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach	Valid
05N13ZZ	Release Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
05N14ZZ	Release Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
05N30ZZ	Release Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach	Valid
05N33ZZ	Release Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
05N34ZZ	Release Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid
05N40ZZ	Release Left Innominate Vein, Open Approach	Valid
05N43ZZ	Release Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
05N44ZZ	Release Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach	Valid

At a glance

Code: 05NC0ZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: 05N

Where this code sits

Section 0 Medical and Surgical
Body system 05 Upper Veins
Category 05N Upper Veins, Release
This code 05NC0ZZ Release Left Basilic Vein, Open Approach

What each character means

0 Section Medical and Surgical
5 Body system Upper Veins
N Root operation Release
C Body Part Basilic Vein, Left
0 Approach Open
Z Device No Device
Z Qualifier No Qualifier

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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