ICD-10-PCS › C Nuclear Medicine › CP Musculoskeletal System › CP5 Nuclear Medicine, Musculoskeletal... › CP5YYZZ
Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Musculoskeletal System, Other using Other Radionuclide
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Musculoskeletal System, Other using Other Radionuclide
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 Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe
Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for the study of distribution and fate of certain substances by the detection of radioactive emissions; or, alternatively, measurement of absorption of radioactive emissions from an external source
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CP55ZZZ | Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Spine | Valid |
| CP5NZZZ | Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Upper Extremities | Valid |
| CP5PZZZ | Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe of Lower Extremities | Valid |