00NG0ZZ
00NG0ZZ — Release Optic Nerve, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Release Optic Nerve, Open Approach
How 00NG0ZZ 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
- GBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 00NG0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 00NC3ZZRelease Cerebellum, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NC4ZZRelease Cerebellum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00ND0ZZRelease Medulla Oblongata, Open Approach
- 00ND3ZZRelease Medulla Oblongata, Percutaneous Approach
- 00ND4ZZRelease Medulla Oblongata, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NF0ZZRelease Olfactory Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NF3ZZRelease Olfactory Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NF4ZZRelease Olfactory Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NG0ZZRelease Optic Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NG3ZZRelease Optic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NG4ZZRelease Optic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NH0ZZRelease Oculomotor Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NH3ZZRelease Oculomotor Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NH4ZZRelease Oculomotor Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NJ0ZZRelease Trochlear Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NJ3ZZRelease Trochlear Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NJ4ZZRelease Trochlear Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach