ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia › 0JN Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Release › 0JN1XZZ
Release Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, External 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 Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, External 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 Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Face
Also covers
- Chin
- Masseteric fascia
- Orbital fascia
- Submandibular space
5. Approach External
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0JN00ZZ | Release Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0JN03ZZ | Release Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0JN0XZZ | Release Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, External Approach | Valid |
| 0JN10ZZ | Release Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0JN13ZZ | Release Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0JN40ZZ | Release Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0JN43ZZ | Release Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0JN4XZZ | Release Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, External Approach | Valid |
| 0JN50ZZ | Release Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0JN53ZZ | Release Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0JN5XZZ | Release Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, External Approach | Valid |
| 0JN60ZZ | Release Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach | Valid |