Release Pons, Percutaneous Approach
Medical and Surgical·Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves·Table 00N·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 00NB3ZZ: Release Pons, Percutaneous Approach. Table 00N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves body system. The approach used is Percutaneous.
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What the code means
Release: root operation
Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force
Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out
Includes: Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release
Percutaneous: approach
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure