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11740 Evacuation subungual hmtma

What 11740 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Evacuation subungual hmtma.

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 11740 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.361.330.031.72$57.45
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.360.550.030.94$31.40

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply (endoscopic or minor procedure: global period is the day of the procedure).

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 11740 at 2 units per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 11740? These codes are bundled into it

11740 is a Column 1 code in 255 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
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may 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
10030Img gid flu coll drg sft tis1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10140I&d hmtma seroma/fluid collj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10160Pnxr aspir absc hmtma bulla1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11055Paring/cutg b9 hyprker les 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11056Parng/cutg b9 hyprkr les 2-41 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11057Parng/cutg b9 hyprkr les >41 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11719Trim nail(s) any number1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11720Debride nail 1-51 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11755Biopsy nail unit1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11900Inject skin lesions </w 71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11901Inject skin lesions >71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12004Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trk7.6-12.5cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12005Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk12.6-20.0cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12006Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk20.1-30.0cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12007Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12011Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12013Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.6-5.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12014Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 5.1-7.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12015Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 7.6-12.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12016Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 12.6-20.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12017Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 20.1-30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 255 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

11740 is bundled into these codes

11740 appears as a Column 2 code in 15 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 11740 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
10060I&d abscess simple/single1Check pair
10061I&d abscess comp/multiple1Check pair
11721Debride nail 6 or more1Check pair
11730Avulsion nail plate simple 11Check pair
11750Excision nail&nail matrix1Check pair
11760Repair of nail bed1Check pair
11762Reconstruction of nail bed1Check pair
11765Wedge excision skn nail fold1Check pair
12001Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/<1Check pair
12002Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm1Check pair
12041Intmd rpr n-hf/genit 2.5cm/<1Check pair
12042Intmd rpr n-hf/genit2.6-7.51Check pair
26910Amputate metacarpal bone1Check pair
26951Amputation of finger/thumb1Check pair
26952Amputation of finger/thumb1Check 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.