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C23

Nuclear Medicine, Heart, 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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • C23GKZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Fluorine 18 (F-18)
  • C23GMZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Oxygen 15 (O-15)
  • C23GQZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Rubidium 82 (Rb-82)
  • C23GRZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Nitrogen 13 (N-13)
  • C23GYZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging of Myocardium using Other Radionuclide
  • C23YYZZ Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) 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, Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging