78430 Myocrd img pet rst/strs w/ct
What 78430 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Myocrd img pet rst/strs w/ct.
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 78430 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. 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 78430 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 78430? These codes are bundled into it
78430 is a Column 1 code in 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
0708T | Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0709T | Id ca immntx each addl njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36000 | Place needle in vein | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36591 | Draw blood off venous device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
78445 | Vascular flow imaging | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
78459 | Myocrd img pet single study | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
96360 | Hydration iv infusion init | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96365 | Ther/proph/diag iv inf init | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96372 | Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96377 | Applicaton on-body injector | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
A9500 | Tc99m sestamibi | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
A9502 | Tc99m tetrofosmin | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
78430 is bundled into these codes
78430 appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 78430 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
78432 | Myocrd img pet 2rtracer | 0 | Check pair |
78433 | Myocrd img pet 2rtracer ct | 0 | Check pair |
78492 | Myocrd img pet mlt rst&strs | 0 | Check pair |
79101 | Nuclear rx iv admin | 0 | 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.