C2640 HCPCS Level II Code: Brachytherapy source, stranded, palladium-103, per source
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Brachytx, stranded, p-103
- Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
- Pricing indicator: 53
- BETOS: I4B — Imaging/procedure - other
- Last CMS action effective: July 1, 2007
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.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of C2640 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (32)
- C2613 — Lung biopsy plug with delivery system[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2614 — Probe, percutaneous lumbar discectomy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2615 — Sealant, pulmonary, liquid[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2616 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, yttrium-90, per source[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2617 — Stent, non-coronary, temporary, without delivery system[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2618 — Probe/needle, cryoablation[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2619 — Pacemaker, dual chamber, non rate-responsive (implantable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C2620 — Pacemaker, single chamber, non rate-responsive (implantable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 24 more
Change history
- July 1, 2007 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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- Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
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Change history
- July 1, 2007Added to the code setBrachytherapy source, stranded, palladium-103, per source
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to C2640 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- C2635 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, high activity, palladium-103, greater than 2.2 mci (nist), per source
- C2636 — Brachytherapy linear source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per 1 mm
- C2637 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, ytterbium-169, per source
- C2638 — Brachytherapy source, stranded, iodine-125, per source
- C2639 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, iodine-125, per source
- C2641 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per source
- C2642 — Brachytherapy source, stranded, cesium-131, per source
- C2643 — Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, cesium-131, per source
- C2644 — Brachytherapy source, cesium-131 chloride solution, per millicurie
- C2645 — Brachytherapy planar source, palladium-103, per square millimeter