03NT4ZZBillable procedure code

Release Left Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

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

In ICD-10-PCS, code 03NT4ZZ describes Release Left Temporal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach. This procedure is listed in table 03N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). Its root operation is Release. The approach used is Percutaneous Endoscopic.

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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 Endoscopic: approach

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure