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CD171ZZ

CD171ZZ — Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Planar Nucl Med Imag of GI Tract using Technetium 99m

How CD171ZZ 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. DBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 7Body 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 CD171ZZ

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

  • 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
  • CD151ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CD15DZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • CD15YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract using Other Radionuclide
  • CD171ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CD17DZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • CD17YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Other Radionuclide
  • CD1YYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Digestive System using Other Radionuclide
  • CD271ZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CD27DZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • CD27YZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract using Other Radionuclide
  • CD2YYZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Digestive System using Other Radionuclide
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