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0488T Diabetes prev online/elec

What 0488T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Diabetes prev online/elec.

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 0488T (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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 0488T 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 0488T? These codes are bundled into it

0488T is a Column 1 code in 7 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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96041Genetic counseling svc ea 301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
98960Edu&trn pt self-mgmt nqhp 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98961Edu&trn pt slf-mgmt nqhp 2-41 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98962Edu&trn pt slf-mgmt nqhp 5-81 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

0488T is bundled into these codes

0488T appears as a Column 2 code in 43 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0488T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0362TBhv id suprt assmt ea 15 min1Check pair
0373TAdapt bhv tx ea 15 min1Check pair
0403TDiabetes prev standard curr0Check pair
0591THlth&wb coaching indiv 1st1Check pair
0592THlth&wb coaching indiv f-up0Check pair
0593THlth&wb coaching group1Check pair
96156Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment1Check pair
96158Hlth bhv ivntj indiv 1st 301Check pair
96159Hlth bhv ivntj indiv ea addl1Check pair
96164Hlth bhv ivntj grp 1st 301Check pair
96165Hlth bhv ivntj grp ea addl1Check pair
96167Hlth bhv ivntj fam 1st 301Check pair
96168Hlth bhv ivntj fam ea addl1Check pair
96170Hlth bhv ivntj fam wo pt 1st1Check pair
96171Hlth bhv ivntj fam w/o pt ea1Check 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.