DG15BYZ
DG15BYZ — Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Other Isotope
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: LDR Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Oth Isotope
How DG15BYZ 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
- 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- 5Body partThe specific site
- BApproachHow the site was reached
- YDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near DG15BYZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- DG159YZHigh Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Other Isotope
- DG15B6ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Cesium 131 (Cs-131)
- DG15B7ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Cesium 137 (Cs-137)
- DG15B8ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Iridium 192 (Ir-192)
- DG15B9ZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Iodine 125 (I-125)
- DG15BB1Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Palladium 103 (Pd-103), Unidirectional Source
- DG15BBZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Palladium 103 (Pd-103)
- DG15BCZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Californium 252 (Cf-252)
- DG15BYZLow Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy of Thyroid using Other Isotope
- DG20DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Pituitary Gland
- DG20HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Pituitary Gland
- DG20JZZStereotactic Gamma Beam Radiosurgery of Pituitary Gland
- DG21DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Pineal Body
- DG21HZZStereotactic Particulate Radiosurgery of Pineal Body
- DG21JZZStereotactic Gamma Beam Radiosurgery of Pineal Body
- DG22DZZStereotactic Other Photon Radiosurgery of Adrenal Glands