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CG4

Nuclear Medicine, Endocrine System, Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake

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 5 more specific codes instead:

  • CG421ZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake of Thyroid Gland using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CG42FZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake of Thyroid Gland using Iodine 123 (I-123)
  • CG42GZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake of Thyroid Gland using Iodine 131 (I-131)
  • CG42YZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake of Thyroid Gland using Other Radionuclide
  • CG4YYZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake of Endocrine 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, Endocrine System, Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Uptake