ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0D Gastrointestinal System › 0DN Gastrointestinal System, Release › 0DN27ZZ
Release Middle Esophagus, 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 Middle Esophagus, 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
4. Body Part Esophagus, Middle
Also covers
- Thoracic esophagus
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0DN10ZZ | Release Upper Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DN13ZZ | Release Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0DN14ZZ | Release Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0DN17ZZ | Release Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0DN18ZZ | Release Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0DN20ZZ | Release Middle Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DN23ZZ | Release Middle Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0DN24ZZ | Release Middle Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0DN28ZZ | Release Middle Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0DN30ZZ | Release Lower Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0DN33ZZ | Release Lower Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0DN34ZZ | Release Lower Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |