ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UN Female Reproductive System, Release › 0UN18ZZ
0UN18ZZ
Release Left Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
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 2018 to now.
- FY2018 Added to the code set Release Left Ovary, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
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 Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0UN00ZZ | Release Right Ovary, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0UN03ZZ | Release Right Ovary, Percutaneous 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 |
| 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 |