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0PN03ZZ

Release Sternum, 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 Sternum, 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 Sternum

Also covers

  • Manubrium
  • Suprasternal notch
  • Xiphoid process

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
0PN00ZZ Release Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PN04ZZ Release Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PN10ZZ Release 1 to 2 Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PN13ZZ Release 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PN14ZZ Release 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PN20ZZ Release 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PN23ZZ Release 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PN24ZZ Release 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PN30ZZ Release Cervical Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0PN33ZZ Release Cervical Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PN34ZZ Release Cervical Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PN40ZZ Release Thoracic Vertebra, Open Approach Valid