C8910 — Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)
C8910 is a HCPCS Level II code for magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, chest (excluding myocardium). It belongs to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System 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.
Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of C8910 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
- 1 unit MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 1 unit MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
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 C8910
- Long descriptor
- Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)
- Short descriptor
- Mra w/o cont, chest
- Added
- October 1, 2001
- BETOS
- I2D
- Pricing indicator
- 53 — 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.
Statute.
Codes adjacent to C8910
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If C8910 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- C8902Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, abdomen
- C8903Magnetic resonance imaging with contrast, breast; unilateral
- C8904Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast, breast; unilateralterminated
- C8905Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast followed by with contrast, breast; unilateral
- C8906Magnetic resonance imaging with contrast, breast; bilateral
- C8907Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast, breast; bilateralterminated
- C8908Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast followed by with contrast, breast; bilateral
- C8909Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)
- C8911Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, chest (excluding myocardium)
- C8912Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, lower extremity
- C8913Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, lower extremity
- C8914Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, lower extremity
- C8918Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, pelvis
- C8919Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, pelvis
- C8920Magnetic resonance angiography without contrast followed by with contrast, pelvis
- C8921Transthoracic echocardiography with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, for congenital cardiac anomalies; complete
Questions about C8910
What is HCPCS code C8910?
C8910 is a HCPCS Level II code for magnetic resonance angiography without contrast, chest (excluding myocardium). It sits in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section.
Does Medicare cover C8910?
The CMS HCPCS file marks C8910 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.