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ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System C2 - Heart

The ICD-10-PCS root operation C2 pertains to Heart procedures within the Nuclear Medicine classification, involving the use of radioactive materials to produce diagnostic images or data. These procedures focus on capturing and analyzing radioactive emissions to assess cardiac function and structure.

This category includes various imaging techniques, such as Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging (C21), which creates single-plane images of the heart by detecting emitted radiation. More advanced methods like Tomographic Nuclear Medicine Imaging (C22) produce three-dimensional images, enhancing visualization of cardiac anatomy. Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging (C23) offers detailed 3D images obtained from simultaneous detection of emissions at opposing angles, providing metabolic and functional insights. Additionally, the Nonimaging Nuclear Medicine Probe (C25) measures radioactive emissions to study the distribution of substances or absorption without creating images. These precise codes support accurate documentation of nuclear medicine heart procedures in ICD-10-PCS.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System C2 - Heart

  • C21 - Planar Nuclear Medicine Imaging - Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for single plane display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions

  • C22 - Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging - Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for three dimensional display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions

  • C23 - Positron Emission Tomographic (PET) Imaging - Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for three dimensional display of images developed from the simultaneous capture, 180 degrees apart, of radioactive emissions

  • C25 - 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