Release Cystic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Medical and Surgical·Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas·Table 0FN·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0FN87ZZ: Release Cystic Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening. Table 0FN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas body system. The approach used is Via Natural or Artificial Opening.
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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
Via Natural or Artificial Opening: approach
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure