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CH12SZZ

Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Breasts using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)

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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Breasts using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
CH101ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Breast using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m) Valid
CH10SZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Breast using Thallium 201 (Tl-201) Valid
CH10YZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Right Breast using Other Radionuclide Valid
CH111ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Breast using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m) Valid
CH11SZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Breast using Thallium 201 (Tl-201) Valid
CH11YZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Left Breast using Other Radionuclide Valid
CH121ZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Breasts using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m) Valid
CH12YZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bilateral Breasts using Other Radionuclide Valid
CH1YYZZ Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast using Other Radionuclide Valid