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0579T Rem interrog dev icds tech

What 0579T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rem interrog dev icds tech.

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 0579T (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 0579T at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0579T? These codes are bundled into it

0579T is a Column 1 code in 62 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
0576TInterrog dev eval icds ss ip0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0733TRem r-t mtn nrehab ther sply0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0734TRem r-t mtn nrehab tx mgmt0 - no modifier 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
0921TRmvl perm ccm-d sys 1 dfb ld0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0937TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0938TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d rec1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0939TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d scan1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0940TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d r&i1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
33202Insert epicard eltrd open0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33203Insert epicard eltrd endo0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33236Remove electrode/thoracotomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33237Remove electrode/thoracotomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33238Remove electrode/thoracotomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33243Remove eltrd/thoracotomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33250Ablate heart dysrhythm focus0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33251Ablate heart dysrhythm focus0 - 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
33257Ablate atria lmtd add-on0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33258Ablate atria x10sv add-on0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33259Ablate atria w/bypass add-on0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33261Ablate heart dysrhythm focus0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33265Ablate atria lmtd endo0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
33266Ablate atria x10sv endo0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 62 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0579T is bundled into these codes

0579T appears as a Column 2 code in 101 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0579T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0515TInsj wcs lv compl sys1Check pair
0516TInsj wcs lv eltrd only1Check pair
0517TInsj wcs lv both compnt pg1Check pair
0518TRmvl pg wcs lv battery only1Check pair
0519TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both1Check pair
0520TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery1Check pair
0521TInterrog dev eval wcs ip0Check pair
0525TInsj/rplcmt compl iims1Check pair
0526TInsj/rplcmt iims eltrd only1Check pair
0527TInsj/rplcmt iims implt mntr1Check pair
0529TInterrog dev eval iims ip1Check pair
0530TRemoval complete iims1Check pair
0531TRemoval iims electrode only1Check pair
0532TRemoval iims implt mntr only1Check pair
0614TRmvl&rplcmt ss impl dfb pg0Check 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.