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C2161ZZ

C2161ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right and Left Heart using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Planar Nucl Med Imag of R & L Heart using Technetium 99m

How C2161ZZ 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. CSectionNuclear Medicine — What family of procedure this is
  2. 2Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 6Body partThe specific site
  5. 1ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near C2161ZZ

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

  • C030MZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Oxygen 15 (O-15)
  • C030YZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Other Radionuclide
  • C03YYZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Central Nervous System using Other Radionuclide
  • C050VZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Brain using Xenon 133 (Xe-133)
  • C050YZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Brain using Other Radionuclide
  • C05YYZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Central Nervous System using Other Radionuclide
  • C2161ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right and Left Heart using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C216YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right and Left Heart using Other Radionuclide
  • C21G1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C21GDZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • C21GSZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • C21GYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Other Radionuclide
  • C21GZZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium
  • C21YYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Heart using Other Radionuclide
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