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0544T Tcat mv annulus rcnstj

What 0544T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Tcat mv annulus rcnstj.

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 0544T (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 0544T at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0544T? These codes are bundled into it

0544T is a Column 1 code in 136 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
01920Anes cardiac catheterization0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01924Anes ther ivntl rad artl nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01926Anes ivntl rad icr icar/aort0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0345TTranscath mtral vlve repair0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0483TTmvi percutaneous approach0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0484TTmvi transthoracic exposure0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0632TPerq tcat us abltj nrv p-art0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0643TTcat l ventr rstrj dev implt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0932TN-invs det hrt fail aug echo1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12042Intmd rpr n-hf/genit2.6-7.51 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12044Intmd rpr n-hf/genit7.6-12.51 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12045Intmd rpr n-hf/genit12.6-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12046Intmd rpr n-hf/genit20.1-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12047Intmd rpr n-hf/genit >30.0cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
13131Cmplx rpr f/c/c/m/n/ax/g/h/f1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
13132Cmplx rpr f/c/c/m/n/ax/g/h/f1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
13133Cmplx rpr f/c/c/m/n/ax/g/h/f1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32554Aspirate pleura w/o imaging1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32555Aspirate pleura w/ imaging1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32556Insert cath pleura w/o image1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32557Insert cath pleura w/ image1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
33210Insert electrd/pm cath sngl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33211Insert card electrodes dual0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33254Ablate atria lmtd0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33255Ablate atria w/o bypass ext0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33256Ablate atria w/bypass exten0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33310Exploratory heart surgery1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
33315Exploratory heart surgery1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 136 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0544T is bundled into these codes

0544T appears as a Column 2 code in 182 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0544T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1Check pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1Check pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1Check pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1Check pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1Check pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1Check pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1Check pair
12001Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/<1Check pair
12002Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm1Check pair
12004Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trk7.6-12.5cm1Check pair
12005Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk12.6-20.0cm1Check pair
12006Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk20.1-30.0cm1Check pair
12007Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm1Check pair
12020Tx supfc wnd dehsn smpl clsr1Check pair
12021Tx supfc wnd dehsn w/packing1Check 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.