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A9537 Tc99m mebrofenin

What A9537 is

Technetium tc-99m mebrofenin, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 15 millicuries

HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the A codes page for the full section.

Medicare payment for A9537 (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 A9537 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: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with A9537? These codes are bundled into it

A9537 is a Column 1 code in 1 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
A9512Tc99m pertechnetate0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

A9537 is bundled into these codes

A9537 appears as a Column 2 code in 46 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, A9537 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0541TMyocardial imaging mcg0Check pair
0542TMyocardial imaging mcg i&r0Check pair
0868THi-res gastric ep mapping0Check pair
38792Ra tracer id of sentinl node0Check pair
78070Parathyroid planar imaging0Check pair
78195Lymph system imaging0Check pair
78201Liver imaging static only0Check pair
78215Lvr&spleen img static only0Check pair
78216Lvr&spleen img w/vasc flow0Check pair
78258Esophageal motility0Check pair
78262Gastroesophageal reflux std0Check pair
78264Gastric emptying img study0Check pair
78265Gstr emptg img sm bwl trnst0Check pair
78266Gstr empt img sm bwl&colon0Check pair
78278Acute gi blood loss imaging0Check 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.