ICD-10-PCS › B Imaging › BB Respiratory System › BB1 Imaging, Respiratory System, Fluoroscopy › BB18YZZ
Fluoroscopy of Left Tracheobronchial Tree using Other Contrast
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Fluoroscopy of Left Tracheobronchial Tree using Other Contrast
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 Fluoroscopy
Single plane or bi-plane real time display of an image developed from the capture of external ionizing radiation on a fluorescent screen. The image may also be stored by either digital or analog means
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BB12ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Lung | Valid |
| BB13ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Lung | Valid |
| BB14ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Bilateral Lungs | Valid |
| BB16ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Diaphragm | Valid |
| BB17YZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Tracheobronchial Tree using Other Contrast | Valid |
| BB19YZZ | Fluoroscopy of Bilateral Tracheobronchial Trees using Other Contrast | Valid |
| BB1CZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Mediastinum | Valid |
| BB1DZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Upper Airways | Valid |