Version 2025
Billable Code

2025 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0UNF7ZZ

Release Cul-de-sac, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0UNF7ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Release Cul-de-sac, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

0UNF7ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of release cul-de-sac, via natural or artificial opening. The code is valid for the year 2025 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The procedure code involves freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force. Procedure code explanation: some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release

0UNF7ZZ 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 female reproductive system body system, classified under release operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is cul-de-sac.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System U Female Reproductive System
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 F Cul-de-sac  
5 Approach 7 Via Natural or Artificial Opening

Involves:
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure

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

  • Clinical Category is Female reproductive system procedures, NEC

  • CCSR Category Code: FRS015
  • Clinical Domain is Female Reproductive System Procedures - FRS contains 15 categories that include procedures performed on the female reproduction system, such as fallopian tube ligation and excision, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, and oophorectomy.

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Release Cul-de-sac


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 2025 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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.