00N00ZZ
00N00ZZ — Release Brain, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Release Brain, Open Approach
How 00N00ZZ is built
Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.
- 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
- 0Body systemWhich system it acts on
- NRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- 0Body partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 00N00ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 00KB4ZZMap Pons, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00KC0ZZMap Cerebellum, Open Approach
- 00KC3ZZMap Cerebellum, Percutaneous Approach
- 00KC4ZZMap Cerebellum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00KD0ZZMap Medulla Oblongata, Open Approach
- 00KD3ZZMap Medulla Oblongata, Percutaneous Approach
- 00KD4ZZMap Medulla Oblongata, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00N00ZZRelease Brain, Open Approach
- 00N03ZZRelease Brain, Percutaneous Approach
- 00N04ZZRelease Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00N10ZZRelease Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach
- 00N13ZZRelease Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach
- 00N14ZZRelease Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00N20ZZRelease Dura Mater, Open Approach
- 00N23ZZRelease Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach
- 00N24ZZRelease Dura Mater, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach