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74262 Ct colonography dx w/dye

What 74262 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ct colonography dx w/dye.

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 74262 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)2.4411.150.1713.76$459.60
Facility (hospital, ASC)2.4411.150.1713.76$459.60

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 74262 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 74262? These codes are bundled into it

74262 is a Column 1 code in 37 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
0694T3d vol img&rcnstj brst/ax1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0868THi-res gastric ep mapping1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36005Injection ext venography1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - 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 dye0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
72193Ct pelvis w/dye0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
72194Ct pelvis w/o & w/dye0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74150Ct abdomen w/o contrast0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74160Ct abdomen w/contrast0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74170Ct abd wo cntrst flwd cntrst0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74176Ct abd & pelvis w/o contrast0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74177Ct abd & pelvis w/contrast0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74178Ct abd&plv wo cntr flwd cntr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74261Ct colonography dx0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74263Ct colonography screening1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
763763d render w/intrp postproces1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
763773d render w/intrp postproces1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76942Echo guide for biopsy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76998Us guide intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77001Fluoroguide for vein device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96360Hydration iv infusion init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 37 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

74262 is bundled into these codes

74262 appears as a Column 2 code in 2 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 74262 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

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.