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0606T Rem oct rta phys/qhp ea 30d

What 0606T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rem oct rta phys/qhp ea 30d.

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 0606T (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 0606T 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 0606T? These codes are bundled into it

0606T is a Column 1 code in 16 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
0733TRem r-t mtn nrehab ther sply1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0734TRem r-t mtn nrehab tx mgmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
98975Rtm 1st set-up&pt educaj eqp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98976Rtm dev sply resp sys 16-30d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98977Rtm dev sply mscskl 16-30 d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98980Rtm tx mgmt 1st 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98981Rtm tx mgmt ea addl 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99091Collj & interpj data ea 30 d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99453Rem mntr physiol param setup1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99454Rem mntr physiol param 16-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99457Rpm tx mgmt 1st 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99458Rpm tx mgmt ea addl 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
G0248Demonstrate use home inr mon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

0606T is bundled into these codes

0606T appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0606T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0730TTrabeculotomy lsr w/oct gdn0Check pair
92134Cptrz oph dx img pst sgm rta0Check pair
92227Img rta detcj/mntr ds staff0Check pair
92228Img rta detc/mntr ds phy/qhp0Check 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.