ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 07 Lymphatic and Hemic Systems › 07N Lymphatic and Hemic Systems, Release › 07NG0ZZ

07NG0ZZ

Release Left Lower Extremity Lymphatic, 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 Left Lower Extremity Lymphatic, 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 Lymphatic, Left Lower Extremity

Also covers

  • Femoral lymph node
  • Popliteal lymph node

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
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