08N9XZZ
PCS ProcedureRelease Left Cornea, External Approach
Release Left Cornea, External Approach
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 08N9XZZ: Release Left Cornea, External Approach. Table 08N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Eye body system. The approach used is External.
Procedure Details
- Section
- [0] Medical and Surgical
- Body System
- Eye
- Root Operation
- Release
Clinical Definitions
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
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane
Adjacent Procedure Codes
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- D89.83 - Cytokine release syndrome
- D89.831 - Cytokine release syndrome, grade 1
- D89.832 - Cytokine release syndrome, grade 2
- D89.833 - Cytokine release syndrome, grade 3
- D89.834 - Cytokine release syndrome, grade 4