DD17BYZ
DD17BYZ: Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Other Isotope
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: LDR Brachytherapy of Rectum using Oth Isotope
How DD17BYZ 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.
- DSectionRadiation Therapy: What family of procedure this is
- DBody systemWhich system it acts on
- 1Root operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
- 7Body partThe specific site
- BApproachHow the site was reached
- YDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near DD17BYZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- DD179YZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Other Isotope
- DD17B6ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Cesium 131 (Cs-131)
- DD17B7ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Cesium 137 (Cs-137)
- DD17B8ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Iridium 192 (Ir-192)
- DD17B9ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Iodine 125 (I-125)
- DD17BB1Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Palladium 103 (Pd-103), Unidirectional Source
- DD17BBZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Palladium 103 (Pd-103)
- DD17BCZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Californium 252 (Cf-252)
- DD17BYZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Rectum using Other Isotope
- DD20DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Esophagus
- DD20HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Esophagus
- DD20JZZStereotactic Gamma Beam Radiosurgery of Esophagus
- DD21DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Stomach
- DD21HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Stomach
- DD21JZZStereotactic Gamma Beam Radiosurgery of Stomach
- DD22DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Duodenum