ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0Q Lower Bones › 0QN Lower Bones, Release › 0QN00ZZ
Release Lumbar Vertebra, 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 Lumbar Vertebra, 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 Lumbar Vertebra
Also covers
- Spinous process
- Transverse process
- Vertebral arch
- Vertebral body
- Vertebral foramen
- Vertebral lamina
- Vertebral pedicle
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0QN03ZZ | Release Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0QN04ZZ | Release Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0QN10ZZ | Release Sacrum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0QN13ZZ | Release Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0QN14ZZ | Release Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0QN20ZZ | Release Right Pelvic Bone, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0QN23ZZ | Release Right Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0QN24ZZ | Release Right Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0QN30ZZ | Release Left Pelvic Bone, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0QN33ZZ | Release Left Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0QN34ZZ | Release Left Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0QN40ZZ | Release Right Acetabulum, Open Approach | Valid |