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0CNV4ZZ

Release Left Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Left Vocal Cord, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Vocal Cord, Left

Also covers

  • Vocal fold

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0CN00ZZ Release Upper Lip, Open Approach Valid
0CN03ZZ Release Upper Lip, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CN0XZZ Release Upper Lip, External Approach Valid
0CN10ZZ Release Lower Lip, Open Approach Valid
0CN13ZZ Release Lower Lip, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CN1XZZ Release Lower Lip, External Approach Valid
0CN20ZZ Release Hard Palate, Open Approach Valid
0CN23ZZ Release Hard Palate, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CN2XZZ Release Hard Palate, External Approach Valid
0CN30ZZ Release Soft Palate, Open Approach Valid
0CN33ZZ Release Soft Palate, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0CN3XZZ Release Soft Palate, External Approach Valid