Radiation Therapy

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

• "CCI collect first" items are entered the first time they happen
• Px Date
  • if an Acquired Procedure, enter them with the Px Date of the first time they happen
  • if an Admit Procedure leave the date blank and just enter the procedure
• Px Count is always 1 for this collection mode

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

• CCI component 2 codes - what was done

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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