HCPCS Code Details - C8909

HCPCS Level II Code
Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System
HCPCS Code C8909
Description

Long description:
Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)

Short description:
Mra w/cont, chest

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 53 - Statute
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Statute number 1833(t)(2)
Coverage code D - Special coverage instructions apply
ASC payment group code Effective Jan 01, 2008 - This procedure is approved to be performed in an ambulatory surgical center.
BETOS2 code I2D - Advanced imaging - MRI/MRA: other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 4 - Diagnostic radiology
Effective date Effective Oct 01, 2001
Date added Added Oct 01, 2001
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 C8908 · Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast followed by with contrast, breast; bilateral

  • HCPCS C8900 · Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, abdomen

  • HCPCS C8901 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, abdomen

  • HCPCS C8902 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, abdomen

  • HCPCS C8910 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)

  • HCPCS C8911 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)

  • HCPCS C8912 · Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, lower extremity

  • HCPCS C8913 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, lower extremity

  • HCPCS C8914 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, lower extremity

  • HCPCS C8918 · Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, pelvis

  • HCPCS C8919 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, pelvis

  • HCPCS C8920 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, pelvis

  • HCPCS C8931 · Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, spinal canal and contents

  • HCPCS C8932 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, spinal canal and contents

  • HCPCS C8933 · Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, spinal canal and contents

  • HCPCS C8934 · Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, upper extremity


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”