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0BNM7ZZ

Release Bilateral Lungs, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Bilateral Lungs, 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0BN10ZZ Release Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0BN13ZZ Release Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BN14ZZ Release Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BN17ZZ Release Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening 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