03NS3ZZBillable procedure code

Release Right Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Approach

Medical and Surgical·Upper Arteries·Table 03N·FY 2027

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 03NS3ZZ: Release Right Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Approach. Table 03N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Upper Arteries 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