Release Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach
Medical and Surgical·Upper Joints·Table 0RN·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0RN03ZZ: Release Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach. Table 0RN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Upper Joints body system. 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