0032U
What 0032U is
This code appears in the Medicare NCCI edit tables. It has no RVUs in the CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule file.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 0032U at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 0032U? These codes are bundled into it
0032U is a Column 1 code in 30 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.
| Column 2 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0009U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0086U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0140U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0141U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0142U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0321U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
80503 | Path clin consltj sf 5-20 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80504 | Path clin consltj mod 21-40 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80505 | Path clin consltj high 41-60 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80506 | Path clin consltj prolng svc | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
84311 | Spectrophotometry | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87513 | H pylri clrthmcn rst amp prb | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87564 | Mtb rifampin rst amp prb tq | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88271 | Cytogenetics dna probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88272 | Cytogenetics 3-5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88273 | Cytogenetics 10-30 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88274 | Cytogenetics 25-99 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88275 | Cytogenetics 100-300 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88291 | Cyto/molecular report | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88364 | Insitu hybridization (fish) | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88365 | Insitu hybridization (fish) | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88366 | Insitu hybridization (fish) | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88367 | Insitu hybridization auto | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88368 | Insitu hybridization manual | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88369 | M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88373 | M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88374 | M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88377 | M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
G0452 | Molecular pathology interpr | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check 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.