ICD-10-PCS 2027 procedure code
C020SZZTomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Brain using Thallium 201 (Tl-201)
Short description: Tomo Nucl Med Imag of Brain using Thallium 201
Code unchanged since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-PCS release from CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About C020SZZ
C020SZZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a tomographic (tomo) nuclear medicine imaging procedure on the brain using a thallium 201 (tl-201) approach with none (qualifier: none). In ICD-10-PCS, tomographic (tomo) nuclear medicine imaging means introduction of radioactive materials into the body for three dimensional display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions.
In plain terms, this corresponds to cerebral scan, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (92.11).
The same procedure with a different approach is coded C0201ZZ (technetium 99m (tc-99m)), C020FZZ (iodine 123 (I-123)) and C020YZZ (other radionuclide).
It doesn't appear in the MS-DRG procedure index, so on its own it doesn't change the DRG assignment.
It has been valid since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015.
What each character means
- 1. Section
- CNuclear Medicine
- 2. Body System
- 0Central Nervous System
- 3. Type
- 2Tomographic (Tomo) Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Introduction of radioactive materials into the body for three dimensional display of images developed from the capture of radioactive emissions
- 4. Body Part
- 0Brain
- 5. Radionuclide
- SThallium 201 (Tl-201)
- 6. Qualifier
- ZNone
- 7. Qualifier
- ZNone
Other versions of this procedure
Different radionuclide
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Converter →- 92.11Cerebral scanapproximate
From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.
Code history
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- 2027
- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.