ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UN Female Reproductive System, Release › 0UN03ZZ
Release Right Ovary, 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 Ovary, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0UN00ZZ | Release Right Ovary, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UN04ZZ | Release Right Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UN08ZZ | Release Right Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0UN10ZZ | Release Left Ovary, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UN13ZZ | Release Left Ovary, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0UN14ZZ | Release Left Ovary, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UN18ZZ | Release Left Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0UN20ZZ | Release Bilateral Ovaries, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UN23ZZ | Release Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0UN24ZZ | Release Bilateral Ovaries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0UN28ZZ | Release Bilateral Ovaries, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0UN40ZZ | Release Uterine Supporting Structure, Open Approach | Valid |