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78433 Myocrd img pet 2rtracer ct

What 78433 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Myocrd img pet 2rtracer 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 78433 (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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 78433 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 78433? These codes are bundled into it

78433 is a Column 1 code in 51 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
0694T3d vol img&rcnstj brst/ax1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - 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
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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
71250Ct thorax dx c-1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71260Ct thorax dx c+1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71270Ct thorax dx c-/c+1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71271Ct thorax lung cancer scr c-1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75571Ct hrt w/o dye w/ca test1 - modifier may 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
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
77790Radiation handling0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
78429Myocrd img pet 1 std w/ct0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
78430Myocrd img pet rst/strs w/ct0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
78431Myocrd img pet rst&strs ct0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 51 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

78433 is bundled into these codes

78433 appears as a Column 2 code in 3 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 78433 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
75573Ct hrt c+ strux cgen hrt ds1Check pair
75574Ct angio hrt w/3d image1Check pair
79101Nuclear rx iv admin0Check 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.