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B34RZZZ

Ultrasonography of Intracranial Arteries

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Ultrasonography of Intracranial Arteries

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Ultrasonography

Real time display of images of anatomy or flow information developed from the capture of reflected and attenuated high frequency sound waves

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B341ZZZ Ultrasonography of Right Brachiocephalic-Subclavian Artery Valid
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B342ZZZ Ultrasonography of Left Subclavian Artery Valid
B343ZZ3 Ultrasonography of Right Common Carotid Artery, Intravascular Valid
B343ZZZ Ultrasonography of Right Common Carotid Artery Valid
B344ZZ3 Ultrasonography of Left Common Carotid Artery, Intravascular Valid
B344ZZZ Ultrasonography of Left Common Carotid Artery Valid
B345ZZ3 Ultrasonography of Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries, Intravascular Valid
B345ZZZ Ultrasonography of Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries Valid