ICD-10-PCS › B Imaging › BQ Non-Axial Lower Bones › BQ1 Imaging, Non-Axial Lower Bones, Fluoroscopy › BQ18YZZ
Fluoroscopy of Left Knee 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 Knee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BQ100ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Hip using High Osmolar Contrast | Valid |
| BQ101ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Hip using Low Osmolar Contrast | Valid |
| BQ10YZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Hip using Other Contrast | Valid |
| BQ10ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Hip | Valid |
| BQ110ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Hip using High Osmolar Contrast | Valid |
| BQ111ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Hip using Low Osmolar Contrast | Valid |
| BQ11YZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Hip using Other Contrast | Valid |
| BQ11ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Hip | Valid |
| BQ13ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Femur | Valid |
| BQ14ZZZ | Fluoroscopy of Left Femur | Valid |
| BQ170ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Knee using High Osmolar Contrast | Valid |
| BQ171ZZ | Fluoroscopy of Right Knee using Low Osmolar Contrast | Valid |