018N0ZZ

PCS Procedure

Division of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach

Division of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach

About ICD-10-PCS code 018N0ZZ

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 018N0ZZ: Division of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach. Table 018, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Peripheral Nervous System body system. The approach used is Open.

Procedure Details

Section: [0] Medical and Surgical
Body System: Peripheral Nervous System
Root Operation: Division

Clinical Definitions

Root Operation · Operation

Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

Includes: Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

Approach · Approach

Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Adjacent Procedure Codes

Division of Abdominal Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Division of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

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