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05NS3ZZ

Release Left Vertebral Vein, Percutaneous 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 Vertebral Vein, Percutaneous 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 Vertebral Vein, Left

Also covers

  • Deep cervical vein
  • Suboccipital venous plexus

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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