00NP0ZZ
00NP0ZZ — Release Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Release Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Open Approach
How 00NP0ZZ 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
- PBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 00NP0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 00NL3ZZRelease Abducens Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NL4ZZRelease Abducens Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NM0ZZRelease Facial Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NM3ZZRelease Facial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NM4ZZRelease Facial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NN0ZZRelease Acoustic Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NN3ZZRelease Acoustic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NN4ZZRelease Acoustic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NP0ZZRelease Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NP3ZZRelease Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NP4ZZRelease Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NQ0ZZRelease Vagus Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NQ3ZZRelease Vagus Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NQ4ZZRelease Vagus Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 00NR0ZZRelease Accessory Nerve, Open Approach
- 00NR3ZZRelease Accessory Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 00NR4ZZRelease Accessory Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach