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09NQ8ZZ

Release Right Maxillary Sinus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Release Right Maxillary Sinus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize 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