0813T Egd vol adjmt bariatric balo
What 0813T is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Egd vol adjmt bariatric balo.
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 0813T (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 0813T 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 0813T? These codes are bundled into it
0813T is a Column 1 code in 3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
0813T is bundled into these codes
0813T appears as a Column 2 code in 7 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0813T is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
43197 | Esophagoscopy flex dx brush | 0 | Check pair |
43198 | Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy | 0 | Check pair |
43235 | Egd diagnostic brush wash | 0 | Check pair |
43241 | Egd tube/cath insertion | 0 | Check pair |
43247 | Egd remove foreign body | 0 | Check pair |
43290 | Egd flx trnsorl dplmnt balo | 0 | Check pair |
43291 | Egd flx trnsorl rmvl balo | 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.