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CT6

Nuclear Medicine, Urinary System, Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay

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:

  • CT631ZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder using Technetium 99m (Tc-99m)
  • CT63FZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder using Iodine 123 (I-123)
  • CT63GZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder using Iodine 131 (I-131)
  • CT63HZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder using Iodine 125 (I-125)
  • CT63YZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder using Other Radionuclide
  • CT6YYZZ Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay of Urinary 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, Urinary System, Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Assay