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0PNQ0ZZ

0PNQ0ZZ: Release Left Metacarpal, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Release Left Metacarpal, Open Approach

How 0PNQ0ZZ 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. PBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. NRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
  4. QBody 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 0PNQ0ZZ

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

  • 0PNM3ZZRelease Right Carpal, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNM4ZZRelease Right Carpal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0PNN0ZZRelease Left Carpal, Open Approach
  • 0PNN3ZZRelease Left Carpal, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNN4ZZRelease Left Carpal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0PNP0ZZRelease Right Metacarpal, Open Approach
  • 0PNP3ZZRelease Right Metacarpal, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNP4ZZRelease Right Metacarpal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0PNQ0ZZRelease Left Metacarpal, Open Approach
  • 0PNQ3ZZRelease Left Metacarpal, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNQ4ZZRelease Left Metacarpal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0PNR0ZZRelease Right Thumb Phalanx, Open Approach
  • 0PNR3ZZRelease Right Thumb Phalanx, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNR4ZZRelease Right Thumb Phalanx, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0PNS0ZZRelease Left Thumb Phalanx, Open Approach
  • 0PNS3ZZRelease Left Thumb Phalanx, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0PNS4ZZRelease Left Thumb Phalanx, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027