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ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System B0 - Central Nervous System

The ICD-10-PCS root operation B0 within the Imaging section focuses on diagnostic procedures involving detailed visualization of the Central Nervous System. This operation encompasses several imaging modalities used to capture internal body structures without invasive intervention.

Specifically, these imaging techniques include Plain Radiography (Code B00), which produces planar images using external ionizing radiation; Fluoroscopy (Code B01), offering real-time single or biplane images; and Computerized Tomography (CT Scan) (Code B02), which provides computer-reformatted multiplanar views from multiple X-ray exposures. Advanced methods such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (Code B03) use radio frequency signals within a magnetic field to create detailed digital images, while Ultrasonography (Code B04) employs high-frequency sound waves to visualize anatomy and blood flow in real time. These CNS imaging codes are essential for accurately documenting diagnostic evaluations of neurological conditions.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System B0 - Central Nervous System

  • B00 - Plain Radiography - Planar display of an image developed from the capture of external ionizing radiation on photographic or photoconductive plate

  • B01 - Fluoroscopy - Single plane or bi-plane real time display of an image developed from the capture of external ionizing radiation on fluorescent screen. The image may also be stored by either digital or analog means

  • B02 - Computerized Tomography (CT Scan) - Computer-reformatted digital display of multiplanar images developed from the capture of multiple exposures of external ionizing radiation

  • B03 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Computer reformatted digital display of multiplanar images developed from the capture of radio frequency signals emitted by nuclei in a body site excited within a magnetic field

  • B04 - Ultrasonography - Real time display of images of anatomy or flow information developed from the capture of reflected and attenuated high frequency sound waves