ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 06 Lower Veins › 06N Lower Veins, Release › 06NR0ZZ

06NR0ZZ

Release Right Lesser Saphenous Vein, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 06NP0ZZ Release Right Saphenous Vein, Open Approach stated for FY2017

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 Right Lesser Saphenous Vein, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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

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