0GN13ZZBillable procedure code

Release Pineal Body, Percutaneous Approach

Medical and Surgical·Endocrine System·Table 0GN·FY 2027

In ICD-10-PCS, code 0GN13ZZ describes Release Pineal Body, Percutaneous Approach. This procedure is listed in table 0GN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). 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