09N03ZZBillable procedure code

Release Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach

Medical and Surgical·Ear, Nose, Sinus·Table 09N·FY 2027

Release Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 09N03ZZ, found in table 09N, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). It applies to the Ear, Nose, Sinus body system. Its root operation is Release. 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