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0648T Quan mr tis wo mri 1orgn

What 0648T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Quan mr tis wo mri 1orgn.

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 0648T (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 0648T 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 0648T? These codes are bundled into it

0648T is a Column 1 code in 56 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
0649TQuan mr tiss w/mri 1orgn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0697TQuan mr tis wo mri mlt orgn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0698TQuan mr tiss w/mri mlt orgn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0947TMrgfus strtctc bl-br disrpj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36593Declot vascular device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
61715Mrgfus strtctc ablt trgt icr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70540Mri orbit/face/neck w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70542Mri orbit/face/neck w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70543Mri orbt/fac/nck w/o &w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70551Mri brain stem w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70552Mri brain stem w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
70553Mri brain stem w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71550Mri chest w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71551Mri chest w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
71552Mri chest w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72141Mri neck spine w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72142Mri neck spine w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72146Mri chest spine w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72147Mri chest spine w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72148Mri lumbar spine w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72149Mri lumbar spine w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72156Mri neck spine w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72157Mri chest spine w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72158Mri lumbar spine w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72195Mri pelvis w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72196Mri pelvis w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
72197Mri pelvis w/o & w/dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
73218Mri upper extremity w/o dye1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 56 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

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.