BR040ZZ – Plain Radiography of Cervical Facet Joint(s) using High Osmolar Contrast
Coding Notes
					
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			PCS Table
| SectionB
					Imaging | |||
| Body SystemR
					Axial Skeleton, Except Skull and Facial Bones | |||
| Type0
					Plain Radiography | |||
| Body Part | Contrast | Qualifier | Qualifier | 
| 
					0
					Cervical Spine
				 
					7
					Thoracic Spine
				 
					9
					Lumbar Spine
				 
					G
					Whole Spine
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					1
					Densitometry
				 
					Z
					None
				 | 
| 
					1
					Cervical Disc(s)
				 
					2
					Thoracic Disc(s)
				 
					3
					Lumbar Disc(s)
				 
					4
					Cervical Facet Joint(s)
				 
					5
					Thoracic Facet Joint(s)
				 
					6
					Lumbar Facet Joint(s)
				 
					D
					Sacroiliac Joints
				 | 
					0
					High Osmolar
				 
					1
					Low Osmolar
				 
					Y
					Other Contrast
				 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
| 
					8
					Thoracolumbar Joint
				 
					B
					Lumbosacral Joint
				 
					C
					Pelvis
				 
					F
					Sacrum and Coccyx
				 
					H
					Sternum
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
					Z
					None
				 | 
GEM Conversion to ICD-9 PCS
								Fs: 10000
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									Other x-ray of spine