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ICD 10 Code CW16GZZ

Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Iodine 131 (I-131)
“Planar Nucl Med Imag of Chest & Neck using Iodine 131” for short

CW16GZZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Chest and Neck using Iodine 131 (I-131). It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging involves:
Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for single plane display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions.

ICD-10-PCS code structure for CW16GZZ — See Table View

1: Section C Nuclear Medicine
2: Body System W Anatomical Regions
3: Root Operation 1 Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging
4: Body Part 6 Chest and Neck
5: Approach G Iodine 131 (I-131)
6: Device Z None
7: Qualifier Z None

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Nuclear Medicine terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.