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CB1

Nuclear Medicine, Respiratory System, Planar 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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • CB121ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CB129ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Krypton (Kr-81m)
  • CB12TZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Xenon 127 (Xe-127)
  • CB12VZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Xenon 133 (Xe-133)
  • CB12YZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lungs and Bronchi using Other Radionuclide
  • CB1YYZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Respiratory 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, Respiratory System, Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging