MCMedicalCodingSoftware
01N40ZZ

01N40ZZ — Release Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Release Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach

How 01N40ZZ 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.

  1. 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
  2. 1Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. NRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 4Body partThe specific site
  5. 0ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 01N40ZZ

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • 01N13ZZRelease Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N14ZZRelease Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 01N20ZZRelease Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach
  • 01N23ZZRelease Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N24ZZRelease Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 01N30ZZRelease Brachial Plexus, Open Approach
  • 01N33ZZRelease Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N34ZZRelease Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 01N40ZZRelease Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach
  • 01N43ZZRelease Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N44ZZRelease Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 01N50ZZRelease Median Nerve, Open Approach
  • 01N53ZZRelease Median Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N54ZZRelease Median Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 01N60ZZRelease Radial Nerve, Open Approach
  • 01N63ZZRelease Radial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 01N64ZZRelease Radial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026