A9700 — Supply of injectable contrast material for use in echocardiography, per study
A9700 is a HCPCS Level II code for supply of injectable contrast material for use in echocardiography, per study. It belongs to the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusE
Excluded from the physician fee schedule by regulation. Payment, where it exists, comes from another fee schedule (drugs via ASP, supplies via DMEPOS, and so on).
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of A9700 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Service/Procedure
- outpatient
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Service/Procedure
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute — no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q3.
The CMS record for A9700
- Long descriptor
- Supply of injectable contrast material for use in echocardiography, per study
- Short descriptor
- Echocardiography contrast
- Added
- January 1, 2001
- BETOS
- I1E
- Pricing indicator
- 57 — Other
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Other carrier priced.
Codes adjacent to A9700
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A9700 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- A9610Xenon xe-129 hyperpolarized gas, diagnostic, per study dose
- A9611Flurpiridaz f 18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie
- A9612Injection, fluorescein, 1 mg
- A9615Injection, pegulicianine, 1 mg
- A9616Gallium ga-68 gozetotide (gozellix), diagnostic, 1 millicurie
- A9697Injection, carboxydextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide, per study dose
- A9698Non-radioactive contrast imaging material, not otherwise classified, per study
- A9699Radiopharmaceutical, therapeutic, not otherwise classified
- A9800Gallium ga-68 gozetotide, diagnostic, (locametz), 1 millicurie
- A9900Miscellaneous dme supply, accessory, and/or service component of another hcpcs code
- A9901Dme delivery, set up, and/or dispensing service component of another hcpcs code
- A9999Miscellaneous dme supply or accessory, not otherwise specified
- B4034Enteral feeding supply kit; syringe fed, per day, includes but not limited to feeding/flushing syringe, administration set tubing, dressings, tape
- B4035Enteral feeding supply kit; pump fed, per day, includes but not limited to feeding/flushing syringe, administration set tubing, dressings, tape
- B4036Enteral feeding supply kit; gravity fed, per day, includes but not limited to feeding/flushing syringe, administration set tubing, dressings, tape
- B4081Nasogastric tubing with stylet
Questions about A9700
What is HCPCS code A9700?
A9700 is a HCPCS Level II code for supply of injectable contrast material for use in echocardiography, per study. It sits in the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative section.
Does Medicare cover A9700?
The CMS HCPCS file marks A9700 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
How is A9700 paid under the physician fee schedule?
A9700 carries PFS status code E. Excluded from the physician fee schedule by regulation. Payment, where it exists, comes from another fee schedule (drugs via ASP, supplies via DMEPOS, and so on).