ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09N Ear, Nose, Sinus, Release › 09NK0ZZ

09NK0ZZ

Release Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, 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 Nose, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Release Nose, Open Approach Release Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, 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 Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue

Also covers

  • Columella
  • External naris
  • Greater alar cartilage
  • Internal naris
  • Lateral nasal cartilage
  • Lesser alar cartilage
  • Nasal cavity
  • Nostril

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
09N00ZZ Release Right External Ear, Open Approach Valid
09N03ZZ Release Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09N04ZZ Release Right External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09N0XZZ Release Right External Ear, External Approach Valid
09N10ZZ Release Left External Ear, Open Approach Valid
09N13ZZ Release Left External Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09N14ZZ Release Left External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09N1XZZ Release Left External Ear, External Approach Valid
09N30ZZ Release Right External Auditory Canal, Open Approach Valid
09N33ZZ Release Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09N34ZZ Release Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09N37ZZ Release Right External Auditory Canal, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid