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CW16YZZ

CW16YZZ — Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Other Radionuclide

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Planar Nucl Med Imag of Chest & Neck using Oth Radionuclide

How CW16YZZ 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. WBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 6Body partThe specific site
  5. YApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near CW16YZZ

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

  • CW14SZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Abdomen using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • CW14YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Abdomen using Other Radionuclide
  • CW161ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CW16DZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • CW16FZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Iodine 123 (I-123)
  • CW16GZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Iodine 131 (I-131)
  • CW16LZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Gallium 67 (Ga-67)
  • CW16SZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • CW16YZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Other Radionuclide
  • CW1B1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CW1BDZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • CW1BFZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Iodine 123 (I-123)
  • CW1BGZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Iodine 131 (I-131)
  • CW1BLZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Gallium 67 (Ga-67)
  • CW1BSZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • CW1BYZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Head and Neck using Other Radionuclide
  • CW1D1ZZPlanar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lower Extremity using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
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