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75600 Contrast exam thoracic aorta

What 75600 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Contrast exam thoracic aorta.

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 75600 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.484.740.095.31$177.36
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.484.740.095.31$177.36

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 75600 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 75600? These codes are bundled into it

75600 is a Column 1 code in 39 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
01916Anes dx arteriography/vngrph0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01924Anes ther ivntl rad artl nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01925Anes ivntl rad artl crtd/c0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01926Anes ivntl rad icr icar/aort0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0645TTcat impltj c sins rdctj dev1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35201Repair blood vessel dir neck1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35206Repair blood vessel dir uxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35226Repair blood vessel dir lxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35261Rpr blvsl grf oth/thn vn nck1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35266Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn uxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35286Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn lxtr1 - 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
36500Insertion of catheter vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
75827Vein x-ray chest1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75893Venous sampling by catheter1 - modifier may 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
93567Njx car cth sprvlv aortgrphy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96372Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96376Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96377Applicaton on-body injector1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 39 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

75600 is bundled into these codes

75600 appears as a Column 2 code in 106 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75600 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0075TPerq stent/chest vert art1Check pair
0236TTrluml perip athrc abd aorta1Check pair
0345TTranscath mtral vlve repair1Check pair
0483TTmvi percutaneous approach1Check pair
0484TTmvi transthoracic exposure1Check pair
0544TTcat mv annulus rcnstj1Check pair
0632TPerq tcat us abltj nrv p-art1Check pair
0643TTcat l ventr rstrj dev implt1Check pair
33275Tcat rmvl perm ldls pm w/img1Check pair
33361Replace aortic valve perq1Check pair
33362Replace aortic valve open1Check pair
33363Replace aortic valve open1Check pair
33364Replace aortic valve open1Check pair
33365Replace aortic valve open1Check pair
33366Trcath replace aortic valve1Check 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.