ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0MN Bursae and Ligaments, Release › 0MN63ZZ

0MN63ZZ

Release Left Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous 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 Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous 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 Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Left

Also covers

  • Palmar ulnocarpal ligament
  • Radial collateral carpal ligament
  • Radiocarpal ligament
  • Radioulnar ligament
  • Scapholunate ligament
  • Ulnar collateral carpal ligament

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0MN00ZZ Release Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MN03ZZ Release Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MN04ZZ Release Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MN0XZZ Release Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, External Approach Valid
0MN10ZZ Release Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MN13ZZ Release Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MN14ZZ Release Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MN1XZZ Release Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, External Approach Valid
0MN20ZZ Release Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MN23ZZ Release Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MN24ZZ Release Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MN2XZZ Release Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, External Approach Valid