02NF3ZZ

PCS Procedure

Release Aortic Valve, Percutaneous Approach

Release Aortic Valve, Percutaneous Approach

About ICD-10-PCS code 02NF3ZZ

In ICD-10-PCS, code 02NF3ZZ describes Release Aortic Valve, Percutaneous Approach. This procedure is listed in table 02N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). Its root operation is Release. The approach used is Percutaneous.

Procedure Details

Section
[0] Medical and Surgical
Body System
Heart and Great Vessels
Root Operation
Release

Clinical Definitions

Root Operation · Operation
Release

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

Approach · Approach
Percutaneous

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

Adjacent Procedure Codes