Release Left Ureter, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Medical and Surgical·Urinary System·Table 0TN·FY 2027
0TN77ZZ is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Release Left Ureter, Via Natural or Artificial Opening. It belongs to PCS table 0TN, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). The procedure targets the Urinary System body system. Its root operation is Release. The approach used is Via Natural or Artificial Opening.
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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
Via Natural or Artificial Opening: approach
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure