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C030MZZ

Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Oxygen 15 (O-15)

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Oxygen 15 (O-15)

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging

Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for three dimensional display of images developed from the simultaneous capture, 180 degrees apart, of radioactive emissions

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C030BZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Carbon 11 (C-11) Valid
C030KZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Fluorine 18 (F-18) Valid
C030YZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Brain using Other Radionuclide Valid
C03YYZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Central Nervous System using Other Radionuclide Valid