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75571 Ct hrt w/o dye w/ca test

What 75571 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ct hrt w/o dye w/ca test.

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 75571 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.572.360.052.98$99.53
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.572.360.052.98$99.53

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 75571 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 75571? These codes are bundled into it

75571 is a Column 1 code in 22 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
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76120Cine/video x-rays1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76125Cine/video x-rays add-on1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
763763d render w/intrp postproces1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
763773d render w/intrp postproces1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77001Fluoroguide for vein device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93000Electrocardiogram complete1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93005Electrocardiogram tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93010Electrocardiogram report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93040Rhythm ecg with report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93041Rhythm ecg tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93042Rhythm ecg report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

75571 is bundled into these codes

75571 appears as a Column 2 code in 15 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75571 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
71250Ct thorax dx c-1Check pair
71260Ct thorax dx c+1Check pair
71270Ct thorax dx c-/c+1Check pair
71271Ct thorax lung cancer scr c-1Check pair
75572Ct hrt w/3d image1Check pair
75573Ct hrt c+ strux cgen hrt ds1Check pair
75574Ct angio hrt w/3d image1Check pair
78431Myocrd img pet rst&strs ct1Check pair
78433Myocrd img pet 2rtracer ct1Check pair
78803Rp loclzj tum spect 1 area1Check pair
78830Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 11Check pair
78831Rp loclzj tum spect 2 areas1Check pair
78832Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 21Check 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.