A9558 Xe133 xenon 10mci
What A9558 is
Xenon xe-133 gas, diagnostic, per 10 millicuries
HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the A codes page for the full section.
Medicare payment for A9558 (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 A9558 at 7 units 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: Prescribing Information. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
A9558 is bundled into these codes
A9558 appears as a Column 2 code in 34 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, A9558 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0868T | Hi-res gastric ep mapping | 0 | Check pair |
78018 | Thyroid met imaging body | 0 | Check pair |
78195 | Lymph system imaging | 0 | Check pair |
78215 | Lvr&spleen img static only | 0 | Check pair |
78226 | Hepatobiliary system imaging | 0 | Check pair |
78227 | Hepatobil syst image w/drug | 0 | Check pair |
78264 | Gastric emptying img study | 0 | Check pair |
78265 | Gstr emptg img sm bwl trnst | 0 | Check pair |
78266 | Gstr empt img sm bwl&colon | 0 | Check pair |
78278 | Acute gi blood loss imaging | 0 | Check pair |
78282 | Gi protein loss | 0 | Check pair |
78291 | Pertl-ven shunt patency test | 0 | Check pair |
78300 | Bone imaging limited area | 0 | Check pair |
78305 | Bone imaging multiple areas | 0 | Check pair |
78306 | Bone imaging whole body | 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.