Specialty Groups — Oncology
Medical Oncology Code Changes
ACOA Coding Minute
OPPS Brachytherapy C Codes
In addition to the Level 1 HCPCS codes (aka, CPT codes), hospitals also have to be certain that national Level 2 HCPCS codes are updated to the Charge Description Master (CDM). A subset of these Level 2 codes include ‘C’ codes that are reported for the radioactive source used for outpatient radiation therapy.
C1716 | Brachytherapy source, Gold 198, per source |
C1717 | Brachytherapy source, High Dose Rate Iridium 192, per source |
C1718 | Brachytherapy source, Iodine 125, per source |
C1719 |