Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lacrimal Ducts using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lacrimal Ducts using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

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 Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for single plane display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C819YZZ	Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lacrimal Ducts using Other Radionuclide	Valid
C81YYZZ	Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Eye using Other Radionuclide	Valid

At a glance

Code: C8191ZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: C81

Where this code sits

Section C Nuclear Medicine
Body system C8 Eye
Category C81 Nuclear Medicine, Eye, Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging
This code C8191ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Lacrimal Ducts using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)

What each character means

C Section Nuclear Medicine
8 Body system Eye
1 Root operation Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging
9 Body Part Lacrimal Ducts, Bilateral
1 Radionuclide Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
Z Qualifier None
Z Qualifier None

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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