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0TN70ZZ

Release Left Ureter, Open 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 Ureter, 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

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0TN00ZZ Release Right Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TN03ZZ Release Right Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TN04ZZ Release Right Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TN07ZZ Release Right Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0TN08ZZ Release Right Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0TN10ZZ Release Left Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TN13ZZ Release Left Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TN14ZZ Release Left Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TN17ZZ Release Left Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0TN18ZZ Release Left Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0TN30ZZ Release Right Kidney Pelvis, Open Approach Valid
0TN33ZZ Release Right Kidney Pelvis, Percutaneous Approach Valid