CPT Code 78452: The 2026 Billing Guide to SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
What Is CPT Code 78452, and Which Modality Does It Cover CPT code 78452 reports myocardial perfusion imaging using SPECT technology, performed as multiple studies, both rest and stress, to evaluate blood flow to the heart muscle and identify areas of reduced perfusion. Physicians order this study to diagnose coronary artery disease, evaluate damage after […]
CPT Code 99401 Billing Guide: Documentation, Medicare Rules, Modifiers, and Denials
Why CPT 99401 Is Harder to Bill Than It Looks A provider who orders preventive counseling usually knows the visit involved risk factor reduction, not treatment of an active illness. The 99401 cpt code itself is not the hard part. What is hard is whether the payer accepts it, whether the note proves a separate […]
Stress Test CPT Codes: The 2026 Billing Guide for Exercise, Echo, and Nuclear Cardiac Testing
What Is a Cardiac Stress Test, and Which CPT Code Applies to Each Type Stress test CPT codes fall into three distinct families, depending on how the heart is stressed and what the team measures: exercise or pharmacologic ECG monitoring under 93015 through 93018, stress echocardiography under 93350 through 93352, and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging […]
CPT Code 77067: Screening Mammography Billing, the Complete Code Family, and 2026 Denial Prevention
What Is CPT Code 77067? CPT code 77067 is the American Medical Association code for bilateral screening mammography, a two-view study of each breast that includes computer-aided detection when performed. Radiologists and imaging facilities report it for routine, preventive breast cancer screening in women who have no symptoms. Every major payer recognizes procedure code 77067 […]
CPT Code 80053: Billing, Coding, and Denial Prevention for the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (2026)
CPT code 80053 pays about $10.56 as the Medicare national rate, and one missing diagnosis code can turn that clean claim into a denial your practice never recovers. The comprehensive metabolic panel is one of the highest-volume lab codes you bill, so a small error repeats thousands of times a year. This guide walks a […]
CPT Code 93010: ECG Interpretation Billing, 2026 Rates, and Denial Prevention
What CPT Code 93010 Covers, and the One Question That Determines Whether You Bill It CPT code 93010 bills the physician interpretation and signed written report of a routine 12-lead electrocardiogram. The AMA descriptor, paraphrased, reads: electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads, interpretation and report only. The code covers the read. It doesn’t […]
CPT 93880: Bilateral Carotid Duplex Billing, Medical Necessity, and Denial Prevention
What CPT 93880 Covers and What Makes a Study Complete and Billable CPT code 93880 is the code for a duplex scan of the extracranial arteries, complete bilateral study. The procedure evaluates blood flow in the common, internal, and external carotid arteries and the vertebral arteries on both sides of the neck. It combines B-mode […]
CPT Code 43235 Billing Guide: EGD, Modifiers, and Denial Prevention in 2026
CPT code 43235 is the billing code for a diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), a flexible upper GI endoscopy that examines the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum without tissue removal or therapeutic intervention. Procedure: CPT 43235 covers visual inspection of the upper GI tract, including specimen collection by brushing or washing when performed, but no biopsy and no therapeutic intervention. Exclusions: […]
CPT 55250 Vasectomy Billing: What Applies, What Doesn’t, and What Changed in 2026
CPT 55250: The Code That Covers Every Standard Vasectomy CPT 55250 is the procedure code for vasectomy. The American Medical Association defines 55250 as vasectomy, unilateral or bilateral (separate procedure), including postoperative semen examination(s). One code applies whether your surgeon treats one side or both. The semen analyses that confirm sterility fall inside the code, […]
Cardiology CPT Codes 2026: Billing Guide and Cheat Sheet
The Cardiology CPT Code System: Ranges, Components, and How Claims Split Cardiology CPT codes fall primarily within the 92920-93799 range, maintained by the American Medical Association. These codes split into three billing components: the global service (one provider performs and interprets), the technical component (tracing or imaging only), and the professional component (interpretation and report […]