`0387U`

What 0387U 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 0387U 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 0387U? These codes are bundled into it

0387U 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 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`0314U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81210`	Braf gene	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81272`	Kit gene targeted seq analys	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81401`	Mopath procedure level 2	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81402`	Mopath procedure level 3	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81403`	Mopath procedure level 4	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81404`	Mopath procedure level 5	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81445`	So neo gsap 5-50dna/dna&rna	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81449`	So neo gsap 5-50 rna alys	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81450`	Hl neo gsap 5-50dna/dna&rna	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81451`	Hl neo gsap 5-50 rna alys	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81455`	So/hl 51/>gsap dna/dna&rna	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81456`	So/hl 51/>gsap rna alys	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81529`	Onc cutan mlnma mrna 31 gene	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81552`	Onc uveal mlnma mrna 15 gene	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88341`	Imhchem/imcytchm ea add antb	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`88342`	Imhchem/imcytchm 1st antb	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair

0387U is bundled into these codes

0387U appears as a Column 2 code in 1 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0387U is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`0490U`		1	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.