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0511U

What 0511U 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 0511U 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 0511U? These codes are bundled into it

0511U is a Column 1 code in 27 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
0111U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0174U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0229U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0317U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0410U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier 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
81232Dpyd gene common variants1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81400Mopath procedure level 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81401Mopath procedure level 21 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81402Mopath procedure level 31 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81403Mopath procedure level 41 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81404Mopath procedure level 51 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81405Mopath procedure level 61 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81406Mopath procedure level 71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81407Mopath procedure level 81 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81408Mopath procedure level 91 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81445So neo gsap 5-50dna/dna&rna1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81449So neo gsap 5-50 rna alys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81455So/hl 51/>gsap dna/dna&rna1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
81456So/hl 51/>gsap rna alys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
84311Spectrophotometry1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
G0463Hospital outpt clinic visit1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

0511U is bundled into these codes

0511U appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0511U is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0239U1Check pair
0242U1Check pair
0244U1Check pair
0525U1Check pair
81425Genome sequence analysis1Check 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.