2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 00.0 Therapeutic ultrasound A form of therapy being studied as an anticancer treatment. Intensified ultrasound energy can be directed at cancer cells to heat them and kill them. The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue. 00.0 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure View the full Volume 3 00.* hierarchy 00.0 excludes: diagnostic ultrasound (non-invasive) (88.71-88.79) intracardiac echocardiography [ICE] (heart chamber(s)) (37.28) intravascular imaging (adjunctive) (00.21-00.29)