0450T Insj aqueous drain dev each
What 0450T is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Insj aqueous drain dev each.
Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.
Medicare payment for 0450T (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 0450T 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 0450T? These codes are bundled into it
0450T is a Column 1 code in 199 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
0213T | Njx paravert w/us cer/thor | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0216T | Njx paravert w/us lumb/sac | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0596T | Temp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0597T | Temp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0708T | Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0709T | Id ca immntx each addl njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12001 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12002 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12004 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trk7.6-12.5cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12005 | Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk12.6-20.0cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12006 | Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk20.1-30.0cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12007 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12011 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12013 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.6-5.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12014 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 5.1-7.5 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12015 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 7.6-12.5 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12016 | Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 12.6-20.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12017 | Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 20.1-30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12018 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m >30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12020 | Tx supfc wnd dehsn smpl clsr | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12021 | Tx supfc wnd dehsn w/packing | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12031 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 2.5 cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12032 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 2.6-7.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12034 | Intmd rpr s/tr/ext 7.6-12.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12035 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 12.6-20 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12036 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 20.1-30 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12037 | Intmd rpr s/tr/ext >30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12041 | Intmd rpr n-hf/genit 2.5cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12042 | Intmd rpr n-hf/genit2.6-7.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12044 | Intmd rpr n-hf/genit7.6-12.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 199 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
0450T is bundled into these codes
0450T appears as a Column 2 code in 11 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0450T is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0474T | Insj aqueous drg dev io rsvr | 1 | Check pair |
0660T | Implt ant sgm io nbio rx sys | 1 | Check pair |
0661T | Rmvl&rimpltj ant sgm implt | 1 | Check pair |
0671T | Insj ant sgm aq drg dev 1+ | 1 | Check pair |
66179 | Aqueous shunt eye w/o graft | 1 | Check pair |
66180 | Aqueous shunt eye w/graft | 1 | Check pair |
66183 | Insert ant drainage device | 1 | Check pair |
66184 | Revision of aqueous shunt | 1 | Check pair |
66185 | Revise aqueous shunt eye | 1 | Check pair |
66989 | Xcpsl ctrc rmvl cplx insj 1+ | 1 | Check pair |
66991 | Xcapsl ctrc rmvl insj 1+ | 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.