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0SNGXZZ

Release Left Ankle Joint, External 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 Ankle Joint, External 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 Ankle Joint, Left

Also covers

  • Inferior tibiofibular joint
  • Talocrural joint

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0SN00ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SN03ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SN04ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SN0XZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Joint, External Approach Valid
0SN20ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0SN23ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SN24ZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SN2XZZ Release Lumbar Vertebral Disc, External Approach Valid
0SN30ZZ Release Lumbosacral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SN33ZZ Release Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SN34ZZ Release Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SN3XZZ Release Lumbosacral Joint, External Approach Valid