0RN3XZZBillable procedure code

Release Cervical Vertebral Disc, External Approach

Medical and Surgical·Upper Joints·Table 0RN·FY 2027

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0RN3XZZ: Release Cervical Vertebral Disc, External Approach. Table 0RN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Upper Joints body system. The approach used is External.

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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

External: approach

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane