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0656T Ant lmbr vrt bdy teth <7 seg

What 0656T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ant lmbr vrt bdy teth <7 seg.

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 0656T (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 0656T 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 0656T? These codes are bundled into it

0656T is a Column 1 code in 98 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
0333TVisual ep scr acuity auto0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0464TVisual ep test for glaucoma0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0566TAutol cell implt adps njx1 - 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
0901TPlmt bone marrow smplg port0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
20600Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20604Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20605Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20606Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20610Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20611Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20660Apply rem fixation device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
20704Mnl prep&insj i-artic rx dev1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22505Manipulation of spine0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
22634Arthrd cmbn 1ntrspc ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22830Exploration of spinal fusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22845Insert spine fixation device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22846Insert spine fixation device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22847Insert spine fixation device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22856Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc crv1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
22857Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc lmbr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
29000Appl halo type body cast0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29010Appl risser jacket body only0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29015Appl rissr jacket bdy w/head0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29035Appl body cast sho to hips0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29040Appl bdy cst sho to hip head0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29044Appl bdy cst sho to hip 1thi0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29046Appl bdy cst sho to hip b th0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
29200Strapping thorax0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 98 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0656T is bundled into these codes

0656T appears as a Column 2 code in 30 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0656T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0219TPlmt post facet implt cerv1Check pair
0220TPlmt post facet implt thor1Check pair
0221TPlmt post facet implt lumb1Check pair
0657TAnt lmbr vrt bdy teth 8+ seg0Check pair
11010Debride skin at fx site1Check pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1Check pair
11012Deb skin bone at fx site1Check pair
22110Remove part of neck vertebra1Check pair
22112Remove part thorax vertebra1Check pair
22114Remove part lumbar vertebra1Check pair
22590Arthrd pst tq craniocervical1Check pair
22595Arthrd pst tq atlas-axis1Check pair
22600Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc crv1Check pair
22610Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc thrc1Check pair
22612Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc lumbar1Check 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.