01520ZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

Same table and root operation, differing only in the body part character.

01500ZZ — Destruction of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach, 01510ZZ — Destruction of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach, 01530ZZ — Destruction of Brachial Plexus, Open Approach, 01540ZZ — Destruction of Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach, 01550ZZ — Destruction of Median Nerve, Open Approach, 01560ZZ — Destruction of Radial Nerve, Open Approach, 01580ZZ — Destruction of Thoracic Nerve, Open Approach, 01590ZZ — Destruction of Lumbar Plexus, Open Approach, +14 more

Same operation — other Approach

Same table and root operation, differing only in the approach character.

01523ZZ — Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, 01524ZZ — Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Peripheral nerve denervation (Peripheral Nervous System Procedures); listed here are the members in other PCS tables. Source: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2025.

01800ZZ — Division of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach, 01803ZZ — Division of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach, 01804ZZ — Division of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01810ZZ — Division of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach, 01813ZZ — Division of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, 01814ZZ — Division of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01820ZZ — Division of Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach, 01823ZZ — Division of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, 01824ZZ — Division of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01830ZZ — Division of Brachial Plexus, Open Approach, 01833ZZ — Division of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach, 01834ZZ — Division of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01840ZZ — Division of Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach, 01843ZZ — Division of Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, 01844ZZ — Division of Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01850ZZ — Division of Median Nerve, Open Approach, 01853ZZ — Division of Median Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, 01854ZZ — Division of Median Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 01860ZZ — Division of Radial Nerve, Open Approach, 01863ZZ — Division of Radial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach, +190 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 01520ZZ in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

PCS table

• 015[PCS table]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• Medical and Surgical — Section: Medical and Surgical[Section]: “Medical and Surgical”— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• Peripheral Nervous System — Body System: Peripheral Nervous System[Body System]: “Peripheral Nervous System”— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• Destruction — Operation: Destruction[Operation]: “Destruction”— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables

Clinical classification (CCSR)

• PNS005 — Peripheral nerve denervation[CCSR category]: “Peripheral nerve denervation — Peripheral Nervous System Procedures”— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (HCUP) · v2026.1

Nearest codes

• 01500ZZ — Destruction of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01510ZZ — Destruction of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01523ZZ — Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01524ZZ — Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01530ZZ — Destruction of Brachial Plexus, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01540ZZ — Destruction of Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01550ZZ — Destruction of Median Nerve, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables
• 01560ZZ — Destruction of Radial Nerve, Open Approach[One axis away]— CMS ICD-10-PCS tables