ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 07 Lymphatic and Hemic Systems › 07N Lymphatic and Hemic Systems, Release › 07N44ZZ
Release Left Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Lymphatic, Left Upper Extremity
Also covers
- Cubital lymph node
- Deltopectoral (infraclavicular) lymph node
- Epitrochlear lymph node
- Infraclavicular (deltopectoral) lymph node
- Supratrochlear lymph node
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 07N00ZZ | Release Head Lymphatic, Open Approach | Valid |
| 07N03ZZ | Release Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 07N04ZZ | Release Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 07N10ZZ | Release Right Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach | Valid |
| 07N13ZZ | Release Right Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 07N14ZZ | Release Right Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 07N20ZZ | Release Left Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach | Valid |
| 07N23ZZ | Release Left Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 07N24ZZ | Release Left Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 07N30ZZ | Release Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Open Approach | Valid |
| 07N33ZZ | Release Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 07N34ZZ | Release Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |