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88.71 - Diagnostic Ultrasound Of Head And Neck


The ICD 9 Code for Diagnostic ultrasound of head and neck is listed as 88.71.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 88.71
Description: Diagnostic ultrasound of head and neck
Short Description: Dx ultrasound-head/neck
Chapter: Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1: Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: B040ZZZ - Ultrasonography of Brain (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BH4CZZZ - Ultrasonography of Head and Neck (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 88.71:
88.72 - Diagnostic ultrasound of heart
88.73 - Diagnostic ultrasound of other sites of thorax
88.74 - Diagnostic ultrasound of digestive system
88.75 - Diagnostic ultrasound of urinary system
88.76 - Diagnostic ultrasound of abdomen and retroperitoneum
88.77 - Diagnostic ultrasound of peripheral vascular system
88.78 - Diagnostic ultrasound of gravid uterus
88.79 - Other diagnostic ultrasound