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0581T Abltj mal brst tum perq crtx

What 0581T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Abltj mal brst tum perq crtx.

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 0581T (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 0581T at 2 units 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 0581T? These codes are bundled into it

0581T is a Column 1 code in 21 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
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
64450Njx aa&/strd other pn/branch0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
77022Mri gdn parnchyma tiss abltj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93318Echo transesophageal intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93355Echo transesophageal (tee)1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96376Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon1 - 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
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99495Transj care mgmt mod f2f 14d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99496Transj care mgmt high f2f 7d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
G0463Hospital outpt clinic visit1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
G0471Ven blood coll snf/hha1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
J0670Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

0581T is bundled into these codes

0581T appears as a Column 2 code in 212 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0581T 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
0600TAblt ire 1+ o/t lv/prst8 prq1Check pair
0601TAbltj ire 1+tumors open1Check 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

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.