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0529T Interrog dev eval iims ip

What 0529T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Interrog dev eval iims ip.

Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.

Medicare payment for 0529T (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 0529T at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0529T? These codes are bundled into it

0529T is a Column 1 code in 18 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.

Column 2 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0579TRem interrog dev icds tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0929TRem interrog dev ccm-d tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76018Mr safety implant elec prepj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93000Electrocardiogram complete1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93005Electrocardiogram tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93010Electrocardiogram report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93286Peri-px eval pm/ldls pm ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93296Rem interrog evl pm/ids1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-100 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-200 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

0529T is bundled into these codes

0529T appears as a Column 2 code in 78 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0529T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0408TInsj/rplc cardiac modulj sys1Check pair
0409TInsj/rplc car modulj pls gn1Check pair
0410TInsj/rplc car modulj atr elt1Check pair
0411TInsj/rplc car modulj vnt elt1Check pair
0412TRmvl cardiac modulj pls gen1Check pair
0413TRmvl car modulj tranvns elt1Check pair
0414TRmvl & rpl car modulj pls gn1Check pair
0415TRepos car modulj tranvns elt1Check pair
0416TReloc skin pocket pls gen1Check pair
0525TInsj/rplcmt compl iims0Check pair
0526TInsj/rplcmt iims eltrd only0Check pair
0527TInsj/rplcmt iims implt mntr0Check pair
0528TPrgrmg dev eval iims ip1Check pair
0530TRemoval complete iims1Check pair
0531TRemoval iims electrode only1Check pair

Data: CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule RVU file (October release, RVU26D) and Medicare NCCI PTP practitioner edits v32.3 (2026 Q4). Verify against the official files before billing or contracting decisions.