ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0B Respiratory System › 0BN Respiratory System, Release › 0BN17ZZ
Release Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0BN10ZZ | Release Trachea, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0BN13ZZ | Release Trachea, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0BN14ZZ | Release Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0BN18ZZ | Release Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0BN20ZZ | Release Carina, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0BN23ZZ | Release Carina, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0BN24ZZ | Release Carina, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0BN27ZZ | Release Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0BN28ZZ | Release Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0BN30ZZ | Release Right Main Bronchus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0BN33ZZ | Release Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0BN34ZZ | Release Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |