Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Which Codes to Use When Reporting Thyroid Scan Treatments

Refer to this clip-and-save checklist for your next thyroid coding challenge When it comes to reporting thyroid cancer treatments, you have a lot more codes to learn than 79030 (Radiopharmaceutical ablation of gland for thyroid carcinoma) and 79035 (Radiopharmaceutical therapy for metastases of thyroid carcinoma).
 
You should also know a number of other codes for radiopharmaceutical therapy, because you may encounter them when reporting thyroid cancer treatments.
 
Use the following checklist to stay up-to-date on the latest codes.
 
   79000 - Radiopharmaceutical therapy, hyper-thyroidism; initial, including evaluation of patient
   79001 - ... subsequent, each therapy
   79020 - Radiopharmaceutical therapy, thyroid suppression (euthyroid cardiac disease), including
  evaluation of patient 
   79100 - Radiopharmaceutical therapy, polycythemia vera, chronic leukemia, each treatment
   79200 - Intracavitary radioactive colloid therapy
   79300 - Interstitial radioactive colloid therapy 
   79400 - Radiopharmaceutical therapy, nonthyroid, nonhematologic 
   79420 - Intravascular radiopharmaceutical therapy, particulate 
   79440 - Intra-articular radiopharmaceutical therapy 
   79999 - Unlisted radiopharmaceutical therapeutic procedure.
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