ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0U Female Reproductive System › 0UN Female Reproductive System, Release › 0UNF0ZZ

0UNF0ZZ

Release Cul-de-sac, 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 Cul-de-sac, 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
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
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