Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Tendons using Other Contrast

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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Tendons 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 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Computer reformatted digital display of multiplanar images developed from the capture of radiofrequency signals emitted by nuclei in a body site excited within a magnetic field

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
BL30Y0Z	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Connective Tissue using Other Contrast, Unenhanced and Enhanced	Valid
BL30YZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Connective Tissue using Other Contrast	Valid
BL30ZZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Connective Tissue	Valid
BL31Y0Z	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Connective Tissue using Other Contrast, Unenhanced and Enhanced	Valid
BL31YZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Connective Tissue using Other Contrast	Valid
BL31ZZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Connective Tissue	Valid
BL32Y0Z	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Tendons using Other Contrast, Unenhanced and Enhanced	Valid
BL32YZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Tendons using Other Contrast	Valid
BL32ZZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Upper Extremity Tendons	Valid
BL33Y0Z	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Tendons using Other Contrast, Unenhanced and Enhanced	Valid
BL33ZZZ	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Tendons	Valid

At a glance

Code: BL33YZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: BL3

Where this code sits

Section B Imaging
Body system BL Connective Tissue
Category BL3 Imaging, Connective Tissue, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
This code BL33YZZ Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Lower Extremity Tendons using Other Contrast

What each character means

B Section Imaging
L Body system Connective Tissue
3 Root operation Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
3 Body Part Tendons, Lower Extremity
Y Contrast Other Contrast
Z Qualifier None
Z Qualifier None

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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