00NS3ZZBillable procedure code

Release Hypoglossal Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

Medical and Surgical·Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves·Table 00N·FY 2027

00NS3ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Release Hypoglossal Nerve, Percutaneous Approach. It belongs to PCS table 00N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). The procedure targets the Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves body system. Its root operation is Release. 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