Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0MNRXZZ

Release Left Ankle Bursa and Ligament, External Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0MNRXZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Release Left Ankle Bursa and Ligament, External Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0MNRXZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of release left ankle bursa and ligament, external approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0MNRXZZ PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the bursae and ligaments body system, classified under release operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is ankle bursa and ligament, left.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System M Bursae and Ligaments
3 Operation N Release

Involves:
Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force

Explanation:
Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

Includes:
  • Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release
4 BodyPart R Ankle Bursa and Ligament, Left Includes:
  • Calcaneofibular ligament
  • Deltoid ligament
  • Ligament of the lateral malleolus
  • Talofibular ligament
5 Approach X External

Involves:
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

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier Z No Qualifier

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Release Ankle Bursa and Ligament, Left

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.