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0KNJ0ZZ

Release Left Thorax Muscle, Open 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 Thorax Muscle, 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

4. Body Part Thorax Muscle, Left

Also covers

  • Intercostal muscle
  • Levatores costarum muscle
  • Pectoralis major muscle
  • Pectoralis minor muscle
  • Serratus anterior muscle
  • Subclavius muscle
  • Subcostal muscle
  • Transverse thoracis muscle

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
0KN2XZZ Release Right Neck Muscle, External Approach Valid