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BQ0DZZZ

Plain Radiography of Right Lower Leg

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 Plain Radiography of Right Lower Leg

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 Plain Radiography

Planar display of an image developed from the capture of external ionizing radiation on photographic or photoconductive plate

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
BQ000ZZ Plain Radiography of Right Hip using High Osmolar Contrast Valid
BQ001ZZ Plain Radiography of Right Hip using Low Osmolar Contrast Valid
BQ00YZZ Plain Radiography of Right Hip using Other Contrast Valid
BQ00ZZ1 Plain Radiography of Right Hip, Densitometry Valid
BQ00ZZZ Plain Radiography of Right Hip Valid
BQ010ZZ Plain Radiography of Left Hip using High Osmolar Contrast Valid
BQ011ZZ Plain Radiography of Left Hip using Low Osmolar Contrast Valid
BQ01YZZ Plain Radiography of Left Hip using Other Contrast Valid
BQ01ZZ1 Plain Radiography of Left Hip, Densitometry Valid
BQ01ZZZ Plain Radiography of Left Hip Valid
BQ03ZZ1 Plain Radiography of Right Femur, Densitometry Valid
BQ03ZZZ Plain Radiography of Right Femur Valid