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DF13BBZ

DF13BBZ — Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Palladium 103 (Pd-103)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Pd-103

How DF13BBZ 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. DSectionRadiation Therapy — What family of procedure this is
  2. FBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 3Body partThe specific site
  5. BApproachHow the site was reached
  6. BDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near DF13BBZ

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

  • DF139BZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Palladium 103 (Pd-103)
  • DF139CZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Californium 252 (Cf-252)
  • DF139YZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Other Isotope
  • DF13B6ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Cesium 131 (Cs-131)
  • DF13B7ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Cesium 137 (Cs-137)
  • DF13B8ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Iridium 192 (Ir-192)
  • DF13B9ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Iodine 125 (I-125)
  • DF13BB1Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Palladium 103 (Pd-103), Unidirectional Source
  • DF13BBZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Palladium 103 (Pd-103)
  • DF13BCZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Californium 252 (Cf-252)
  • DF13BYZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Pancreas using Other Isotope
  • DF20DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Liver
  • DF20HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Liver
  • DF20JZZStereotactic Gamma Beam Radiosurgery of Liver
  • DF21DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Gallbladder
  • DF21HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Gallbladder
ICD-10-PCSFY2026