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0518T Rmvl pg wcs lv battery only

What 0518T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rmvl pg wcs lv battery only.

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 0518T (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 0518T 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 0518T? These codes are bundled into it

0518T is a Column 1 code in 303 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
00530Anes perm transvns pm insj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
00534Anes insertion/rplcmt cvdfb0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0521TInterrog dev eval wcs ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0522TPrgrmg dev eval wcs ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0574TRepos prev ss impl dfb eltrd1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0575TPrgrmg dev eval icds ss ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0576TInterrog dev eval icds ss ip0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0578TRem interrog dev icds phys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0579TRem interrog dev icds tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0650TPrgrmg dev eval scrms remote1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0861TRmvl pg wcs lv both compnt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0862TRlcj pg wcs lv battery only0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0863TRlcj pg wcs lv trnsmtr only0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0928TRem interrog dev ccm-d phys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0929TRem interrog dev ccm-d tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0932TN-invs det hrt fail aug echo1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11001Dbrdmt ecz/infct skn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11004Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11005Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11006Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 303 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0518T is bundled into these codes

0518T appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0518T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0515TInsj wcs lv compl sys0Check pair
0516TInsj wcs lv eltrd only0Check pair
0517TInsj wcs lv both compnt pg0Check pair
0519TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both0Check pair
0520TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery0Check pair
33223Relocate pocket for defib0Check 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.