HCPCS Code Details - C2637

HCPCS Level II Code
Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System
HCPCS Code C2637
Description

Long description:
Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, ytterbium-169, per source

Short description:
Brachy,non-str,ytterbium-169

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 53 - Statute
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Statute number 1833(T)
Coverage code D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code I4B - Imaging/procedure - other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 4 - Diagnostic radiology
Effective date Effective Jul 01, 2007
Date added Added Oct 01, 2005
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS C2636 · Brachytherapy linear source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per 1 mm

  • HCPCS C1716 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, gold-198, per source

  • HCPCS C1717 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, high dose rate iridium-192, per source

  • HCPCS C1719 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, non-high dose rate iridium-192, per source

  • HCPCS C2616 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, yttrium-90, per source

  • HCPCS C2634 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, high activity, iodine-125, greater than 1.01 mci (nist), per source

  • HCPCS C2635 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, high activity, palladium-103, greater than 2.2 mci (nist), per source

  • HCPCS C2639 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, iodine-125, per source

  • HCPCS C2641 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per source

  • HCPCS C2643 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, cesium-131, per source

  • HCPCS C2699 · Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source

  • HCPCS C2638 · Brachytherapy source, stranded, iodine-125, per source


1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”