A9584 Iodine i-123 ioflupane
What A9584 is
Iodine 1-123 ioflupane, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 5 millicuries
HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the A codes page for the full section.
Medicare payment for A9584 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Statutory exclusion - not payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. 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 A9584 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.
A9584 is bundled into these codes
A9584 appears as a Column 2 code in 8 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, A9584 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0868T | Hi-res gastric ep mapping | 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 |
78579 | Lung ventilation imaging | 0 | Check pair |
78804 | Rp loclzj tum whbdy 2+d img | 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.