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C2699

C2699Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source

HCPCSActiveBETOS I4B

C2699 is a HCPCS Level II code for brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source. It belongs to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.

Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply

There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.

From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.

The CMS record for C2699

Long descriptor
Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source

The official wording. This is what the code means.

Short descriptor
Brachytx, non-stranded, nos

CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.

Added
July 1, 2007

When CMS introduced the code.

BETOS
I4B

Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.

Pricing indicator
53 — Other

Statute.

Codes adjacent to C2699

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If C2699 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

  • C2639Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, iodine-125, per source
  • C2640Brachytherapy source, stranded, palladium-103, per source
  • C2641Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per source
  • C2642Brachytherapy source, stranded, cesium-131, per source
  • C2643Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, cesium-131, per source
  • C2644Brachytherapy source, cesium-131 chloride solution, per millicurie
  • C2645Brachytherapy planar source, palladium-103, per square millimeter
  • C2698Brachytherapy source, stranded, not otherwise specified, per source
  • C5271Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface areaterminated
  • C5272Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; each additional 25 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)terminated
  • C5273Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and childrenterminated
  • C5274Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; each additional 100 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof, or each additional 1% of body area of infants and children, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)terminated
  • C5275Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface areaterminated
  • C5276Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; each additional 25 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)terminated
  • C5277Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and childrenterminated
  • C5278Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; each additional 100 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof, or each additional 1% of body area of infants and children, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)terminated

Questions about C2699

What is HCPCS code C2699?

C2699 is a HCPCS Level II code for brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source. It sits in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section.

Does Medicare cover C2699?

The CMS HCPCS file marks C2699 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.

HCPCS Level II2026Q3-Jul· effective July 1, 2026