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CB221ZZ

CB221ZZ — Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Tomo Nucl Med Imag of Lungs & Bronchi using Technetium 99m

How CB221ZZ 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. BBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 2Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 2Body 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 CB221ZZ

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

  • CB121ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CB129ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Krypton (Kr-81m)
  • CB12TZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Xenon 127 (Xe-127)
  • CB12VZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Xenon 133 (Xe-133)
  • CB12YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Other Radionuclide
  • CB1YYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Respiratory System using Other Radionuclide
  • CB221ZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CB229ZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Krypton (Kr-81m)
  • CB22YZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Other Radionuclide
  • CB2YYZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Respiratory System using Other Radionuclide
  • CB32KZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Fluorine 18 (F-18)
  • CB32YZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Other Radionuclide
  • CB3YYZZPositron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Respiratory System using Other Radionuclide
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