0KNB0ZZBillable procedure code
Release Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach
Medical and Surgical·Muscles·Table 0KN·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0KNB0ZZ: Release Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach. Table 0KN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Muscles body system. The approach used is Open.
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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
Open: approach
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure