A9609 HCPCS Level II Code: Fludeoxyglucose f18 up to 15 millicuries
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Pricing indicator: 57
- BETOS: I1E — Standard imaging - nuclear medicine
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2024
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Fludeoxyglucose f18 up to 15 millicuries is a HCPCS Level II code (A9609). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: F18 fdg, 15 millicuries.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to A9609 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- A9603 — Injection, pafolacianine, 0.1 mg
- A9604 — Samarium sm-153 lexidronam, therapeutic, per treatment dose, up to 150 millicuries
- A9606 — Radium ra-223 dichloride, therapeutic, per microcurie
- A9607 — Lutetium lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan, therapeutic, 1 millicurie
- A9608 — Flotufolastat f 18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie
- A9610 — Xenon xe-129 hyperpolarized gas, diagnostic, per study dose
- A9611 — Flurpiridaz f 18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie
- A9612 — Injection, fluorescein, 1 mg
- A9615 — Injection, pegulicianine, 1 mg
- A9616 — Gallium ga-68 gozetotide (gozellix), diagnostic, 1 millicurie