00520 Anes closed chest px nos
What 00520 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Anes closed chest px nos.
Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.
Medicare payment for 00520 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Anesthesia service with no RVUs in the standard file. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Billed with 00520? These codes are bundled into it
00520 is a Column 1 code in 294 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
01996 | Dly hosp mgmt edrl rx admin | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0213T | Njx paravert w/us cer/thor | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0216T | Njx paravert w/us lumb/sac | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0632T | Perq tcat us abltj nrv p-art | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0708T | Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0709T | Id ca immntx each addl njx | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0903T | Ecg alg 12 lead reduced i&r | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0904T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0905T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
31505 | Diagnostic laryngoscopy | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
31515 | Laryngoscopy for aspiration | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
31527 | Laryngoscopy for treatment | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36000 | Place needle in vein | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36010 | Place catheter in vein | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36011 | Place catheter in vein | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36012 | Place catheter in vein | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36013 | Place catheter in artery | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36014 | Place catheter in artery | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36015 | Place catheter in artery | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36400 | Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp fem/jug | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36405 | Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp scalp vn | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36406 | Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp other vn | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36410 | Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36420 | Venipuncture cutdown < 1 yr | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36425 | Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/> | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36430 | Transfusion bld/bld compnt | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36440 | Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36591 | Draw blood off venous device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36592 | Collect blood from picc | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36600 | Withdrawal of arterial blood | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 294 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
00520 is bundled into these codes
00520 appears as a Column 2 code in 168 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 00520 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0397T | Ercp w/optical endomicroscpy | 0 | Check pair |
0652T | Egd flx transnasal dx br/wa | 0 | Check pair |
0653T | Egd flx transnasal bx 1/mlt | 0 | Check pair |
0654T | Egd flx transnasal tube/cath | 0 | Check pair |
0781T | Brnchsc rf dstrj pulm nrv bi | 0 | Check pair |
0782T | Brnchsc rf dstrj plm nrv uni | 0 | Check pair |
0884T | Esphgsc flx 1st tndsc dilat | 0 | Check pair |
31592 | Cricotracheal resection | 0 | Check pair |
31600 | Planned tracheostomy | 0 | Check pair |
31601 | Planned tracheostomy<2 yrs | 0 | Check pair |
31603 | Emer tracheostomy ttrach | 0 | Check pair |
31605 | Emer tracheostomy cthyr mem | 0 | Check pair |
31610 | Tracheostomy fenest skin flp | 0 | Check pair |
31611 | Constj trachesophgl fstl | 0 | Check pair |
31612 | Perq trchl pnxr ttrach aspir | 0 | 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.