C9725 HCPCS Level II Code: Placement of endorectal intracavitary applicator for high intensity brachytherapy
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Place endorectal app
- Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
- Pricing indicator: 53
- BETOS: P7A — Oncology - radiation therapy
- Last CMS action effective: October 1, 2005
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 C9725 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 (40)
- C9724 — Endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9726 — Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9727 — Insertion of implants into the soft palate; minimum of three implants[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9728 — Placement of interstitial device(s) for radiation therapy/surgery guidance (e.g., fiducial markers, dosimeter), for other than the following sites (any approach): abdomen, pelvis, prostate, retroperitoneum, thorax, single or multiple[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9733 — Non-ophthalmic fluorescent vascular angiography[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9734 — Focused ultrasound ablation/therapeutic intervention, other than uterine leiomyomata, with magnetic resonance (mr) guidance[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9735 — Anoscopy; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C9737 — Laparoscopy, surgical, esophageal sphincter augmentation with device (e.g., magnetic band)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- October 1, 2005 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
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- 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
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Change history
- October 1, 2005Added to the code setPlacement of endorectal intracavitary applicator for high intensity brachytherapy
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to C9725 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- C9724 — Endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy
- C9726 — Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure
- C9727 — Insertion of implants into the soft palate; minimum of three implants
- C9728 — Placement of interstitial device(s) for radiation therapy/surgery guidance (e.g., fiducial markers, dosimeter), for other than the following sites (any approach): abdomen, pelvis, prostate,…
- C9733 — Non-ophthalmic fluorescent vascular angiography
- C9734 — Focused ultrasound ablation/therapeutic intervention, other than uterine leiomyomata, with magnetic resonance (mr) guidance
- C9735 — Anoscopy; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance
- C9737 — Laparoscopy, surgical, esophageal sphincter augmentation with device (e.g., magnetic band)
- C9738 — Adjunctive blue light cystoscopy with fluorescent imaging agent (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
- C9739 — Cystourethroscopy, with insertion of transprostatic implant; 1 to 3 implants