0790T Revj rplcmt/rmvl vrt tethrg
What 0790T is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Revj rplcmt/rmvl vrt tethrg.
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 0790T (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 0790T 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 0790T? These codes are bundled into it
0790T is a Column 1 code in 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
11000 | Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10% | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11004 | Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11005 | Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11006 | Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11042 | Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11043 | Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
11044 | Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36591 | Draw blood off venous device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36592 | Collect blood from picc | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
97597 | Dbrdmt opn wnd 1st 20 cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
97602 | Wound(s) care non-selective | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0790T is bundled into these codes
0790T appears as a Column 2 code in 8 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0790T is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
22800 | Arthrd pst dfrm<6 vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22802 | Arthrd pst dfrm 7-12 vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22804 | Arthrd pst dfrm 13+ vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22808 | Arthrd ant dfrm 2-3 vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22810 | Arthrd ant dfrm 4-7 vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22812 | Arthrd ant dfrm 8+ vrt sgm | 0 | Check pair |
22818 | Kyphectomy 1-2 segments | 0 | Check pair |
22819 | Kyphectomy 3 or more | 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.