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C72

Nuclear Medicine, Lymphatic and Hematologic 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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • C7221ZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Spleen using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • C722YZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Spleen using Other Radionuclide
  • C72YYZZ Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lymphatic and Hematologic 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, Lymphatic and Hematologic System, Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging