ATC Group: V09C Renal system

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of V09C in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 V Various
2 V09 Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
3 V09C Renal system

Group V09C contents

Code Title
V09CA Technetium (99mTc) compounds
V09CX Other renal system diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals

Active ingredients in V09C

Active Ingredient Description
Sodium iodohippurate ¹³¹I
Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc ethylenedicysteine
Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc mertiatide

Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc mertiatide is a renal imaging agent for use in the diagnosis of congenital and acquired abnormalities, renal failure, urinary tract obstruction, and calculi in adults and pediatric patients. It is a diagnostic aid in providing renal function, split function, renal angiograms, and renogram curves for whole kidney and renal cortex.

Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc pentetic acid
Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc succimer

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