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0868T Hi-res gastric ep mapping

What 0868T is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Hi-res gastric ep mapping.

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 0868T (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 0868T 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 0868T? These codes are bundled into it

0868T is a Column 1 code in 193 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
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0779TGi myoelectrical actv study0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36005Injection ext venography1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36400Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp fem/jug1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36405Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp scalp vn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36406Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp other vn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36420Venipuncture cutdown < 1 yr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36425Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36430Transfusion bld/bld compnt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36440Bld push tfuj 2 yr/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36600Withdrawal of arterial blood1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36640Insertion catheter artery1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
43752Nasal/orogastric w/tube plmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
51701Insert bladder catheter1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
51702Insert temp bladder cath1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
51703Insert bladder cath complex1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62320Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62321Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62322Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62323Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62324Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 193 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

0868T is bundled into these codes

0868T appears as a Column 2 code in 13 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 0868T is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
74261Ct colonography dx1Check pair
74262Ct colonography dx w/dye1Check pair
74263Ct colonography screening1Check pair
74270X-ray xm colon 1cntrst std1Check pair
74280X-ray xm colon 2cntrst std1Check pair
74300X-ray bile ducts/pancreas1Check pair
74328X-ray bile duct endoscopy1Check pair
74329X-ray for pancreas endoscopy1Check pair
74330X-ray bile/panc endoscopy1Check pair
74340X-ray guide for gi tube1Check pair
78264Gastric emptying img study1Check pair
78265Gstr emptg img sm bwl trnst0Check pair
78266Gstr empt img sm bwl&colon0Check 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.