ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0P Upper Bones › 0PN Upper Bones, Release › 0PNH3ZZ
Release Right Radius, Percutaneous 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 Radius, 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
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0PN00ZZ | Release Sternum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0PN03ZZ | Release Sternum, Percutaneous 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 |