ICD-10-PCS 6A6 Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies: Physiological Systems Phototherapy
The ICD-10-PCS root operation Phototherapy (6A6) involves applying light treatment to physiological systems. This procedure is part of the Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies section and targets specific body parts to provide therapeutic benefits through light exposure.
Phototherapy is commonly used to treat conditions affecting the skin and the circulatory system. The provided codes differentiate treatments by the targeted system and whether a single or multiple areas are treated. For example, 6A600ZZ indicates phototherapy applied to a single portion of the skin, while 6A601ZZ represents treatment of multiple skin areas. Similarly, 6A650ZZ and 6A651ZZ specify phototherapy for single or multiple sites within the circulatory system. These distinctions help accurately document the scope and focus of phototherapeutic procedures within ICD-10-PCS.
List of ICD-10-PCS codes used to specify 6A6 - Phototherapy (extracorporeal treatment by light rays). There are a total of 5 procedure codes in this section.
