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0402U

What 0402U 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 0402U at 2 units 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: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0402U? These codes are bundled into it

0402U is a Column 1 code in 25 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
0483U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0484U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80503Path clin consltj sf 5-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80504Path clin consltj mod 21-401 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80505Path clin consltj high 41-601 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81400Mopath procedure level 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81401Mopath procedure level 21 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87206Smear fluorescent/acid stai1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87210Smear wet mount saline/ink1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87270Chlamydia trachomatis ag if1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87320Chlmyd trach ag ia1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87490Chlmyd trach dna dir probe1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87491Chlmyd trach dna amp probe1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87492Chlmyd trach dna quant1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87590N.gonorrhoeae dna dir prob1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87591N.gonorrhoeae dna amp prob1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87592N.gonorrhoeae dna quant1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87660Trichomonas vagin dir probe1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87661Trichomonas vaginalis amplif1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87800Detect agnt mult dna direc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87801Detect agnt mult dna ampli1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87808Trichomonas assay w/optic1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87810Chlmyd trach assay w/optic1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
87850N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

0402U is bundled into these codes

0402U appears as a Column 2 code in 9 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0402U is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0330U1Check pair
0505U0Check pair
81402Mopath procedure level 31Check pair
81403Mopath procedure level 41Check pair
81404Mopath procedure level 51Check pair
81405Mopath procedure level 61Check pair
81406Mopath procedure level 71Check pair
81407Mopath procedure level 81Check pair
81408Mopath procedure level 91Check 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.