0520T Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery
What 0520T is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery.
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Medicare payment for 0520T (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 0520T 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 0520T? These codes are bundled into it
0520T is a Column 1 code in 365 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
00530 | Anes perm transvns pm insj | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00534 | Anes insertion/rplcmt cvdfb | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
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 |
0518T | Rmvl pg wcs lv battery only | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0519T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0521T | Interrog dev eval wcs ip | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0522T | Prgrmg dev eval wcs ip | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0571T | Insj/rplcmt icds ss eltrd | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0574T | Repos prev ss impl dfb eltrd | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0575T | Prgrmg dev eval icds ss ip | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0576T | Interrog dev eval icds ss ip | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0578T | Rem interrog dev icds phys | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0579T | Rem interrog dev icds tech | 1 - modifier may 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 |
0614T | Rmvl&rplcmt ss impl dfb pg | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0650T | Prgrmg dev eval scrms remote | 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 |
0861T | Rmvl pg wcs lv both compnt | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0862T | Rlcj pg wcs lv battery only | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0863T | Rlcj pg wcs lv trnsmtr only | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0903T | Ecg alg 12 lead reduced i&r | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0904T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0905T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0928T | Rem interrog dev ccm-d phys | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0929T | Rem interrog dev ccm-d tech | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0932T | N-invs det hrt fail aug echo | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11000 | Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10% | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 365 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
0520T is bundled into these codes
0520T appears as a Column 2 code in 3 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0520T is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0515T | Insj wcs lv compl sys | 0 | Check pair |
0516T | Insj wcs lv eltrd only | 0 | Check pair |
0517T | Insj wcs lv both compnt pg | 0 | 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.