ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0L Tendons › 0LN Tendons, Release › 0LNP0ZZ
Release Left Lower Leg Tendon, 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 Lower Leg Tendon, 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 Lower Leg Tendon, Left
Also covers
- Achilles tendon
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0LN00ZZ | Release Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LN03ZZ | Release Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LN04ZZ | Release Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0LN0XZZ | Release Head and Neck Tendon, External Approach | Valid |
| 0LN10ZZ | Release Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LN13ZZ | Release Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LN14ZZ | Release Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0LN1XZZ | Release Right Shoulder Tendon, External Approach | Valid |
| 0LN20ZZ | Release Left Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LN23ZZ | Release Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LN24ZZ | Release Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0LN2XZZ | Release Left Shoulder Tendon, External Approach | Valid |