Table 1 Diagnostic, drug, and procedure codes used to identify thyroid cancer algorithm components

Goiters/Nodules Diagnosis

ICD-9 Diagnosis

226, 237.4, 240.x, 241.x, 242.xx, 246.1, 246.2

Levothyroxine

HICL

002849

Thyroid surgery (partial or total thyroidectomy)

CPT-4

60200, 60210, 60212, 60220, 60225, 60240, 60242

60245, 60246, 60252, 60254, 60260, 60261, 60270,

60271

ICD-9 Procedure

06, 06.2 ,06.3x, 06.4, 06.5x, 06.6

Chemotherapy

CPT-4

96400, 96408, 96410, 96412, 96414, 96420, 96422,

96423, 96425, 96440, 96445, 96450, 96500, 96501,

96504, 96505, 96508, 96509, 96510, 96511, 96512,

96524, 96526, 96535, 96538, 96540, 96542, 96545,

96549

HCPCS

C8953, G9021, G9025, S5020, S9329

Radio-iodine therapy

HCPCS

A9517, A9525, A9530, A9545, Q0105, Q0106, Q0107,

Q9945, Q9946, Q9948, Q9951, Q9958, Q9959,

Q9960, Q9961, Q9962, Q9963, Q9964

HICL

000747, 000748, 009223, 025482, 036581

Radiation therapy

HCPCS

X7945, G0173, G0174, G0178, G0179, S8049

CPT-4

76950, 76965, 77261, 77262, 77263, 77280, 77285,

77290, 77295, 77299, 77300, 77301, 77305, 77310,

77315, 77321, 77326, 77327, 77328, 77331, 77332,

77333, 77334, 77336, 77338, 77370, 77371, 77372,

77373, 77380, 77381, 77399, 77401, 77402, 77403,

77404, 77406, 77407, 77408, 77409, 77411, 77412,

77413, 77414, 77416, 77417, 77418, 77419, 77420,

77421, 77422, 77423, 77425, 77427, 77430, 77431,

77432, 77435, 77470, 77499, 77520, 77522, 77523,

77525, 77750, 77761, 77762, 77763, 77776, 77777,

77778, 77781, 77782, 77783, 77784, 77785, 77786,

77787, 77789, 77790, 77799, 79000, 79001, 79005,

79020, 79030, 79035, 79100, 79101, 79200, 79300,

79400, 79403, 79420, 79440, 79445, 79999

ICD-9 Procedure

92.2, 92.20, 92.21, 92.22, 92.23, 92.24, 92.25, 92.26,

92.27, 92.28, 92.29, 92.3, 92.30, 92.31, 92.32, 92.33,

92.39, 92.4, 92.41