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BQ080ZZ

BQ080ZZPlain Radiography of Left Knee using High Osmolar Contrast

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Plain Radiography of Left Knee using High Osmolar Contrast

How BQ080ZZ is built

Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.

  1. BSectionImaging — What family of procedure this is
  2. QBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 0Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 8Body partThe specific site
  5. 0ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near BQ080ZZ

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • BQ03ZZ1Plain Radiography of Right Femur, Densitometry
  • BQ03ZZZPlain Radiography of Right Femur
  • BQ04ZZ1Plain Radiography of Left Femur, Densitometry
  • BQ04ZZZPlain Radiography of Left Femur
  • BQ070ZZPlain Radiography of Right Knee using High Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ071ZZPlain Radiography of Right Knee using Low Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ07YZZPlain Radiography of Right Knee using Other Contrast
  • BQ07ZZZPlain Radiography of Right Knee
  • BQ080ZZPlain Radiography of Left Knee using High Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ081ZZPlain Radiography of Left Knee using Low Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ08YZZPlain Radiography of Left Knee using Other Contrast
  • BQ08ZZZPlain Radiography of Left Knee
  • BQ0DZZZPlain Radiography of Right Lower Leg
  • BQ0FZZZPlain Radiography of Left Lower Leg
  • BQ0G0ZZPlain Radiography of Right Ankle using High Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ0G1ZZPlain Radiography of Right Ankle using Low Osmolar Contrast
  • BQ0GYZZPlain Radiography of Right Ankle using Other Contrast
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