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08NC3ZZ

Release Right Iris, 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 Right Iris, 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

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
08N0XZZ Release Right Eye, External Approach Valid
08N1XZZ Release Left Eye, External Approach Valid
08N23ZZ Release Right Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08N33ZZ Release Left Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08N43ZZ Release Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08N53ZZ Release Left Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08N6XZZ Release Right Sclera, External Approach Valid
08N7XZZ Release Left Sclera, External Approach Valid
08N8XZZ Release Right Cornea, External Approach Valid
08N9XZZ Release Left Cornea, External Approach Valid
08NA0ZZ Release Right Choroid, Open Approach Valid
08NA3ZZ Release Right Choroid, Percutaneous Approach Valid