ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 05 Upper Veins › 05N Upper Veins, Release › 05NQ0ZZ
Release Left External Jugular Vein, 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 Left External Jugular 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 External Jugular Vein, Left
Also covers
- Posterior auricular 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 |