0402U
What 0402U 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 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0483U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0484U | 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 |
81400 | Mopath procedure level 1 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81401 | Mopath procedure level 2 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87206 | Smear fluorescent/acid stai | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87210 | Smear wet mount saline/ink | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87270 | Chlamydia trachomatis ag if | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87320 | Chlmyd trach ag ia | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87490 | Chlmyd trach dna dir probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87491 | Chlmyd trach dna amp probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87492 | Chlmyd trach dna quant | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87590 | N.gonorrhoeae dna dir prob | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87591 | N.gonorrhoeae dna amp prob | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87592 | N.gonorrhoeae dna quant | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87660 | Trichomonas vagin dir probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87661 | Trichomonas vaginalis amplif | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87800 | Detect agnt mult dna direc | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87801 | Detect agnt mult dna ampli | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87808 | Trichomonas assay w/optic | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87810 | Chlmyd trach assay w/optic | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87850 | N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0330U | 1 | Check pair | |
0505U | 0 | Check pair | |
81402 | Mopath procedure level 3 | 1 | Check pair |
81403 | Mopath procedure level 4 | 1 | Check pair |
81404 | Mopath procedure level 5 | 1 | Check pair |
81405 | Mopath procedure level 6 | 1 | Check pair |
81406 | Mopath procedure level 7 | 1 | Check pair |
81407 | Mopath procedure level 8 | 1 | Check pair |
81408 | Mopath procedure level 9 | 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.