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0QNR4ZZ

Release Left Toe Phalanx, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Toe Phalanx, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Endoscopic

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0QN00ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
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