ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0G Endocrine System › 0GN Endocrine System, Release › 0GNG0ZZ
Release Left Thyroid Gland Lobe, Open Approach
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 Left Thyroid Gland Lobe, Open 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
5. Approach Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0GN00ZZ | Release Pituitary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GN03ZZ | Release Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GN04ZZ | Release Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GN10ZZ | Release Pineal Body, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GN13ZZ | Release Pineal Body, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GN14ZZ | Release Pineal Body, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GN20ZZ | Release Left Adrenal Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GN23ZZ | Release Left Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GN24ZZ | Release Left Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0GN30ZZ | Release Right Adrenal Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0GN33ZZ | Release Right Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0GN34ZZ | Release Right Adrenal Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |