ICD-10-PCS code B510ZZA for Fluoroscopy of Epidural Veins, Guidance is a medical classification as listed by CMS under Veins range.
BB241ZZComputerized Tomography (CT Scan) of Bilateral Lungs using Low Osmolar Contrast. ICD-10-PCS BB241ZZ is a specific/billable code that can be used to indicate a procedure.
The ICD-10-PCS code for a laparotomy with removal of the gallbladder is 0FT40ZZ, with the fifth character of the code (0) indicating that the procedure was performed via an open approach.
ICD-10-PCS 0DJW0ZZ converts approximately to: 2015 ICD-9-CM Procedure 54.11 Exploratory laparotomy.
Under the current system, the billing department would use CPT code 70551 for an MRI of the brain without contrast. The matching ICD-10-PCS code is B030ZZZ, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Brain.
Percutaneous endoscopic-assisted procedures are coded to the open approach as stated above. Percutaneous approach is entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and/or any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure.
Chapter 9: Basic ICD-10-PCS Coding Steps Locate the main term in the Alphabetic Index. Find the applicable Table. Continue building the code by selecting a value from each column for the remaining 4 characters.
For a PCS code to be valid, it must be built from the same PCS table, with characters four through seven in the same row of the table. You cannot choose one character from one row and another character from a different row.
An exploratory laparotomy (CPT code 49000) is not separately reportable with an open abdominal procedure.
Exploratory laparotomy is an abdominal surgery that doctors sometimes use to diagnose abdominal issues. It is usually recommended when other testing did not diagnose or fully resolve an issue. Reasons to perform this surgery include: Abdominal trauma (for example, from an accident)
ICD-10-PCS has a seven character alphanumeric code structure. Each character contains up to 34 possible values. Each value represents a specific option for the general character definition (e.g., stomach is one of the values for the body part character).