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C03

Nuclear Medicine, Central Nervous System, Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) 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 5 more specific codes instead:

  • C030BZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Carbon 11 (C-11)
  • C030KZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Fluorine 18 (F-18)
  • C030MZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Oxygen 15 (O-15)
  • C030YZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Other Radionuclide
  • C03YYZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) 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, Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging