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0232T Njx platelet plasma

What 0232T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Njx platelet plasma.

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 0232T (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 0232T at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0232T? These codes are bundled into it

0232T is a Column 1 code in 17 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 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
36415Coll venous bld venipuncture1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76380Cat scan follow-up study1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76942Echo guide for biopsy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76998Us guide intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77012Ct scan for needle biopsy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77021Mri guidance ndl plmt rs&i1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
86965Pooling blood platelets1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-100 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-200 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

0232T is bundled into these codes

0232T appears as a Column 2 code in 27 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0232T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0481TNjx autol wbc concentrate1Check pair
0490TRegn cell tx scldr h mlt inj1Check pair
0565TAutol cell implt adps hrvg1Check pair
0566TAutol cell implt adps njx1Check pair
0717TAdrc ther prtl rc tear1Check pair
0718TAdrc ther prtl rc tear njx1Check pair
0901TPlmt bone marrow smplg port1Check pair
15769Grfg autol soft tiss dir exc1Check pair
15771Grfg autol fat lipo 50 cc/<1Check pair
15772Grfg autol fat lipo ea addl1Check pair
15773Grfg autol fat lipo 25 cc/<1Check pair
15774Gfrg autol fat lipo ea addl1Check pair
20527Njx nzm palmar fascial cord1Check pair
20550Njx 1 tendon sheath/ligament1Check pair
20551Njx 1 tendon origin/insj1Check 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.