ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0K Muscles › 0KN Muscles, Release › 0KN2XZZ
Release Right Neck Muscle, 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 Right Neck Muscle, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0KN00ZZ | Release Head Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KN03ZZ | Release Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KN04ZZ | Release Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KN0XZZ | Release Head Muscle, External Approach | Valid |
| 0KN10ZZ | Release Facial Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KN13ZZ | Release Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KN14ZZ | Release Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KN1XZZ | Release Facial Muscle, External Approach | Valid |
| 0KN20ZZ | Release Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KN23ZZ | Release Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KN24ZZ | Release Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KN30ZZ | Release Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |