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0244U

What 0244U is

This code appears in the Medicare NCCI edit tables. It has no RVUs in the CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule file.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 0244U 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 Analyte. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0244U? These codes are bundled into it

0244U is a Column 1 code in 355 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
0009U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0016U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0017U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0020M1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0027U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0030U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0034U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0040U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0045U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0046U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0047U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0049U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0055U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0069U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0070U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0071U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0086U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0087U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0088U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0089U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0090U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0108U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0111U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0118U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0133U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0136U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0137U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0138U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0140U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0141U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 355 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0244U is bundled into these codes

0244U appears as a Column 2 code in 42 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0244U is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0005U1Check pair
0011M1Check pair
0012M1Check pair
0013M1Check pair
0016M1Check pair
0018U1Check pair
0019U1Check pair
0022U1Check pair
0023U1Check pair
0036U1Check pair
0037U1Check pair
0050U1Check pair
0113U1Check pair
0120U1Check pair
0156U1Check 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.