`0236U`

What 0236U 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 0236U 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 0236U? These codes are bundled into it

0236U is a Column 1 code in 136 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
`0068U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0086U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0112U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0115U`		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
`0202U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0321U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0330U`		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
`81329`	Smn1 gene dos/deletion alys	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`81336`	Smn1 gene full gene sequence	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`81337`	Smn1 gen nown famil seq vrnt	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`81513`	Nfct ds bv rna vag flu alg	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`84311`	Spectrophotometry	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87140`	Culture type immunofluoresc	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87143`	Culture typing glc/hplc	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87147`	Culture type immunologic	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87149`	Dna/rna direct probe	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87150`	Dna/rna amplified probe	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87152`	Culture type pulse field gel	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87153`	Dna/rna sequencing	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87158`	Culture typing added method	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87468`	Anaplsma phgcytophlm amp prb	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`87469`	Babesia microti amp prb	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair

Showing 30 of 136 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0236U is bundled into these codes

0236U appears as a Column 2 code in 132 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0236U is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Modifier indicator
`0001U`	1	Check pair
`0004M`	1	Check pair
`0005U`	1	Check pair
`0006M`	1	Check pair
`0007M`	1	Check pair
`0008U`	1	Check pair
`0010U`	1	Check pair
`0011M`	1	Check pair
`0018U`	1	Check pair
`0019U`	1	Check pair
`0022U`	1	Check pair
`0023U`	1	Check pair
`0026U`	1	Check pair
`0069U`	1	Check pair
`0079U`	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.