ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 06 Lower Veins › 06N Lower Veins, Release › 06N50ZZ

06N50ZZ

Release Superior Mesenteric 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Release Superior Mesenteric 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 Superior Mesenteric Vein

Also covers

  • Right gastroepiploic 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
06N00ZZ Release Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06N03ZZ Release Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06N04ZZ Release Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06N10ZZ Release Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid
06N13ZZ Release Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06N14ZZ Release Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06N20ZZ Release Gastric Vein, Open Approach Valid
06N23ZZ Release Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06N24ZZ Release Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06N30ZZ Release Esophageal Vein, Open Approach Valid
06N33ZZ Release Esophageal Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06N34ZZ Release Esophageal Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid