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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*Includes internal or external radiation therapy -- thus includes brachytherapy
'''Includes'''
*internal or external radiation therapy
* brachytherapym- sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment
* gamma knife


For past radiation therapy, code [[Past history of radiation therapy]].  
For past radiation therapy, code [[Past history of radiation therapy]].  

Latest revision as of 08:38, 2024 May 15

CCI component 2 codes - what was done
Procedure: Radiation Therapy
CCI 2 code: 27
CCI Collection Mode: CCI collect first

This procedure is a part of CCI Collection. This is one of the CCI component 2 codes - what was done.

Additional Info

Includes

  • internal or external radiation therapy
  • brachytherapym- sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment
  • gamma knife

For past radiation therapy, code Past history of radiation therapy.

Collecting "CCI collect first" items

Px Date for patients who move

See Px Date#Moves

Gamma Knife

Code gamma knife in CCI as (T) Brain then Radiation Therapy.

Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition

Related ICD10 Codes

(enter links to ICD10 codes that would likely go with this CCI procedure, but only in case of close relation, ie not every dx that might require this procedure)

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