77061 Breast tomosynthesis uni
What 77061 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Breast tomosynthesis uni.
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 77061 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Not valid for Medicare purposes. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 77061 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 77061? These codes are bundled into it
77061 is a Column 1 code in 4 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0694T | 3d vol img&rcnstj brst/ax | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76376 | 3d render w/intrp postproces | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76377 | 3d render w/intrp postproces | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
77061 is bundled into these codes
77061 appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 77061 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
19281 | Perq device breast 1st imag | 1 | Check pair |
19282 | Perq device breast ea imag | 1 | Check pair |
77062 | Breast tomosynthesis bi | 0 | Check pair |
77067 | Scr mammo bi incl cad | 1 | Check 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.