Billing guidelines

For Cleerly's coronary artery disease analysis

2026 Plaque coding
and Medicare allowable reimbursement

 

CPT® Code1

Plaque ICD-10-CM

2026 ISCHEMIA coding
and Medicare allowable reimbursement

 

CPT® Code

ISCHEMIA ICD-10-CM

Commercial payment will vary and is at the discretion of the payor. Other specific diagnosis codes may also apply. Total RVU (Relative Value Unit) is the sum of work, practice expense and malpractice RVU. 

Sources

CMS. CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Systems Final Rule: CMS-1834-FC, including related addenda. Effective through December 31, 2026. https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/prospective-payment-systems/ambulatory-surgical-center-asc/asc-regulations-and/cms-1834-fc

CMS. CY 2026 MPFS Final Rule (CMS-1832-F) - Addendum B Relative Value Units and Related Information Used in Determining Medicare Payments.. https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/fee-schedules/physician/federal-regulation-notices/cms-1832-f

Medicare Advantage

Effective January 1, 2024, CMS mandated that Medicare Advantage plans align their coverage and site of service with Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) guidelines. CMS implements important utilization management policy and coverage criteria protections to ensure Medicare Advantage enrollees receive the same access to medically necessary care that they would receive in Traditional Fee for Service Medicare.
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/2024-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-final-rule-cms-4201-f

Additional information3

  • Report Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography (CCTA) separately with CPT® code 75574

Modifiers

  • Modifier "26" is defined as "Professional Component" and should be appended to a procedure code when the provider rendered only the professional component of the service.6
  • Modifier "TC" is defined as "Technical Component" and should be appended to a procedure code when the provider rendered only the technical component of the service.6

References

1 2026 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Professional Edition. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

2 Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) Billing and Coding Articles: Artificial Intelligence Enabled CT Based Quantitative Coronary Topography (AI-QCT)/Coronary Plaque Analysis (AI-CPA)

Cleerly Heart Analysis may include analysis performed using Cleerly Labs and/or Cleerly Ischemia. Cleerly Labs is a web-based software application that is intended to be used by trained medical professionals as an interactive tool for viewing and analyzing cardiac computed tomography (CT) data for determining the presence and extent of coronary plaques (i.e., atherosclerosis) and stenosis in patients who underwent Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) for evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) or suspected CAD. Cleerly Ischemia is a web-based software application feature that is designed to estimate the likely presence and/or likely absence of ischemia in patients who have undergone CCTA for further assisting evaluation of CAD or suspected CAD.

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