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C02

Nuclear Medicine, Central Nervous System, Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Not billableICD-10-PCS procedure code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • C0201ZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Brain using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C020FZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Brain using Iodine 123 (I-123)
  • C020SZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Brain using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • C020YZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Brain using Other Radionuclide
  • C025DZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Cerebrospinal Fluid using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • C025YZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Cerebrospinal Fluid using Other Radionuclide
  • C02YYZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Central Nervous System using Other Radionuclide

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Nuclear Medicine, Central Nervous System, Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging