0LN60ZZBillable procedure code

Release Left Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach

Medical and Surgical·Tendons·Table 0LN·FY 2027

0LN60ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Release Left Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach. It belongs to PCS table 0LN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). The procedure targets the Tendons body system. Its root operation is Release. 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