DG051ZZ
DG051ZZ — Beam Radiation of Thyroid using Photons 1 - 10 MeV
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Beam Radiation of Thyroid using Photons 1 - 10 MeV
How DG051ZZ 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
- GBody systemWhich system it acts on
- 0Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- 5Body partThe specific site
- 1ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near DG051ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- DG040ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Photons <1 MeV
- DG041ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Photons 1 - 10 MeV
- DG042ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Photons >10 MeV
- DG043Z0Beam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Electrons, Intraoperative
- DG043ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Electrons
- DG045ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Neutrons
- DG046ZZBeam Radiation of Parathyroid Glands using Neutron Capture
- DG050ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Photons <1 MeV
- DG051ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Photons 1 - 10 MeV
- DG052ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Photons >10 MeV
- DG053Z0Beam Radiation of Thyroid using Electrons, Intraoperative
- DG053ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Electrons
- DG055ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Neutrons
- DG056ZZBeam Radiation of Thyroid using Neutron Capture
- DG1097ZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Pituitary Gland using Cesium 137 (Cs-137)
- DG1098ZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Pituitary Gland using Iridium 192 (Ir-192)