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74420 Urography rtrgr +-kub

What 74420 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Urography rtrgr +-kub.

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 74420 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.511.890.032.43$81.16
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.511.890.032.43$81.16

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 74420 at 2 units 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 74420? These codes are bundled into it

74420 is a Column 1 code in 42 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
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36011Place catheter in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36425Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51701Insert bladder catheter0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51702Insert temp bladder cath0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51703Insert bladder cath complex0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
57410Pelvic examination0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74018Radex abdomen 1 view1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74019Radex abdomen 2 views1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74021Radex abdomen 3+ views1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74425Urography antegrade rs&i1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74430Contrast x-ray bladder0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74450X-ray urethra/bladder0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
74455X-ray urethra/bladder0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - 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
96365Ther/proph/diag iv inf init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96372Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96374Ther/proph/diag inj iv push1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 42 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

74420 is bundled into these codes

74420 appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 74420 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
74400Urography iv +-kub tomog1Check pair
74410Urography nfs drip&/bolus1Check pair
74415Urography nfs drip&/bls w/nf1Check pair
76100X-ray exam of body section1Check 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.