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74150 Ct abdomen w/o contrast

What 74150 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ct abdomen w/o contrast.

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 74150 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.162.840.084.08$136.28
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.162.840.084.08$136.28

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 74150 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: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 74150? These codes are bundled into it

74150 is a Column 1 code in 9 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
01922Anes n-invas img/radj ther0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0558TCt scan f/biomchn ct alys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
72192Ct pelvis w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72193Ct pelvis w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72194Ct pelvis w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76380Cat scan follow-up study1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

74150 is bundled into these codes

74150 appears as a Column 2 code in 20 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 74150 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0691TAuto alys xst ct std vrt fx0Check pair
0721TQuan ct tiss charac w/o ct1Check pair
34839Plnning pt spec fenest graft0Check pair
74160Ct abdomen w/contrast0Check pair
74174Cta abd&plvs w/contrast1Check pair
74175Cta abdomen w/contrast1Check pair
74176Ct abd & pelvis w/o contrast1Check pair
74177Ct abd & pelvis w/contrast1Check pair
74178Ct abd&plv wo cntr flwd cntr1Check pair
74261Ct colonography dx0Check pair
74262Ct colonography dx w/dye0Check pair
74263Ct colonography screening1Check pair
75635Ct angio abdominal arteries1Check pair
77301Radiotherapy dose plan imrt1Check pair
78811Pet image ltd area1Check 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.