`0493U`

What 0493U 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 0493U 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 0493U? These codes are bundled into it

0493U is a Column 1 code in 37 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
`0118U`		0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`0319U`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0320U`		0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`36591`	Draw blood off venous device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`36592`	Collect blood from picc	0 - no modifier 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
`81265`	Str markers specimen anal	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81267`	Chimerism anal no cell selec	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81268`	Chimerism anal w/cell select	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
`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
`81405`	Mopath procedure level 6	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81406`	Mopath procedure level 7	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81407`	Mopath procedure level 8	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81408`	Mopath procedure level 9	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`81560`	Trnsplj pd lvr&bwl cd154+cll	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`84311`	Spectrophotometry	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88271`	Cytogenetics dna probe	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88272`	Cytogenetics 3-5	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88273`	Cytogenetics 10-30	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88274`	Cytogenetics 25-99	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88275`	Cytogenetics 100-300	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88291`	Cyto/molecular report	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88365`	Insitu hybridization (fish)	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88366`	Insitu hybridization (fish)	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair

Showing 30 of 37 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0493U is bundled into these codes

0493U appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0493U is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`0055U`		0	Check pair
`0087U`		0	Check pair
`0088U`		0	Check pair
`0526U`		1	Check pair
`81595`	Cardiology hrt trnspl mrna	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.