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74425 Urography antegrade rs&i

What 74425 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Urography antegrade rs&i.

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 74425 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.503.470.044.01$133.94
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.503.470.044.01$133.94

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 74425 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 74425? These codes are bundled into it

74425 is a Column 1 code in 29 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
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
74018Radex abdomen 1 view1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74019Radex abdomen 2 views1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74021Radex abdomen 3+ views1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
74400Urography iv +-kub tomog1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - 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
96375Tx/pro/dx inj new drug addon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96376Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96377Applicaton on-body injector1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

74425 is bundled into these codes

74425 appears as a Column 2 code in 19 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 74425 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
50080Perq nl/pl lithotrp smpl<2cm1Check pair
50081Perq nl/pl lithotrp cplx>2cm1Check pair
50430Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm1Check pair
50431Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm1Check pair
50432Plmt nephrostomy catheter1Check pair
50433Plmt nephroureteral catheter1Check pair
50434Convert nephrostomy catheter1Check pair
50435Exchange nephrostomy cath1Check pair
50606Endoluminal bx urtr rnl plvs1Check pair
50688Change of ureter tube/stent1Check pair
50693Plmt ureteral stent prq1Check pair
50694Plmt ureteral stent prq1Check pair
50695Plmt ureteral stent prq1Check pair
50705Ureteral embolization/occl1Check pair
50706Balloon dilate urtrl strix1Check 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.