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C51B1ZZ

C51B1ZZ — Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Lower Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Planar Nucl Med Imag R Low Extrem Vein w Technetium 99m

How C51B1ZZ 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. 5Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. BBody 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 C51B1ZZ

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

  • C23GRZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Nitrogen 13 (N-13)
  • C23GYZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Other Radionuclide
  • C23YYZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Heart using Other Radionuclide
  • C2561ZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Right and Left Heart using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C256YZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Right and Left Heart using Other Radionuclide
  • C25YYZZNonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Heart using Other Radionuclide
  • C51B1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Lower Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C51BYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Lower Extremity Veins using Other Radionuclide
  • C51C1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Lower Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C51CYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Lower Extremity Veins using Other Radionuclide
  • C51D1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lower Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C51DYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lower Extremity Veins using Other Radionuclide
  • C51N1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Upper Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C51NYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Upper Extremity Veins using Other Radionuclide
  • C51P1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Upper Extremity Veins using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
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