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C22

Nuclear Medicine, Heart, 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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • C2261ZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right and Left Heart using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C226YZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right and Left Heart using Other Radionuclide
  • C22G1ZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C22GDZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Indium 111 (In-111)
  • C22GKZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Fluorine 18 (F-18)
  • C22GSZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
  • C22GYZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium using Other Radionuclide
  • C22GZZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Myocardium
  • C22YYZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Heart 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, Heart, Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging