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0788T Elec aly smp iins sp/sac nrv

What 0788T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Elec aly smp iins sp/sac nrv.

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 0788T (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 0788T 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 0788T? These codes are bundled into it

0788T is a Column 1 code in 7 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
0911TElec aly nstm sys vgs nrv wo0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0912TElec alys nstim sys vgs smpl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95970Alys npgt w/o prgrmg0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95984Alys brn npgt prgrmg addl 150 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

0788T is bundled into these codes

0788T appears as a Column 2 code in 55 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0788T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0587TPerq impltj/rplcmt isdns ptn0Check pair
0588TRevision/removal isdns ptn0Check pair
0589TElec alys smpl prgrmg iins0Check pair
0590TElec alys cplx prgrmg iins0Check pair
0784TIns/rplmt eltrd ra spi nstim0Check pair
0785TRevj/rmvl nea spi w/nstim0Check pair
0786TInsj/rplcmt prq ra sac nstim0Check pair
0787TRevj/rmvl nea sac w/nstim0Check pair
0789TElec aly cpx iins sp/sac nrv0Check pair
0908TOpn imp int nstm sys vgs nrv1Check pair
0909TRplcmt int nstim sys vgs nrv1Check pair
0910TRmvl int nstim sys vagus nrv1Check pair
43647Lap impl electrode antrum0Check pair
43648Lap revise/remv eltrd antrum0Check pair
43881Impl/rplcmt gstr nstim eltrd0Check 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.