03NU0ZZ
03NU0ZZ — Release Right Thyroid Artery, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Release Right Thyroid Artery, Open Approach
How 03NU0ZZ 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
- 3Body systemWhich system it acts on
- NRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- UBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 03NU0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 03NR3ZZRelease Face Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NR4ZZRelease Face Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03NS0ZZRelease Right Temporal Artery, Open Approach
- 03NS3ZZRelease Right Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NS4ZZRelease Right Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03NT0ZZRelease Left Temporal Artery, Open Approach
- 03NT3ZZRelease Left Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NT4ZZRelease Left Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03NU0ZZRelease Right Thyroid Artery, Open Approach
- 03NU3ZZRelease Right Thyroid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NU4ZZRelease Right Thyroid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03NV0ZZRelease Left Thyroid Artery, Open Approach
- 03NV3ZZRelease Left Thyroid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NV4ZZRelease Left Thyroid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03NY0ZZRelease Upper Artery, Open Approach
- 03NY3ZZRelease Upper Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03NY4ZZRelease Upper Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach