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A9600 Sr89 strontium

What A9600 is

Strontium sr-89 chloride, therapeutic, per millicurie

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

Medicare payment for A9600 (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 A9600 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.

A9600 is bundled into these codes

A9600 appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, A9600 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
78227Hepatobil syst image w/drug1Check pair
78300Bone imaging limited area1Check pair
78452Ht muscle image spect mult1Check pair
78472Gated heart planar single1Check pair
78808Iv inj ra drug dx study1Check pair
78815Pet image w/ct skull-thigh1Check 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.