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11755 Biopsy nail unit

What 11755 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Biopsy nail unit.

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 11755 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.222.250.113.58$119.58
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.220.300.111.63$54.44

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 11755 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 11755? These codes are bundled into it

11755 is a Column 1 code in 261 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
10005Fna bx w/us gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10007Fna bx w/fluor gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10009Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10011Fna bx w/mr gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10021Fna bx w/o img gdn 1st les1 - 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
11102Tangntl bx skin single les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11103Tangntl bx skin ea sep/addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11104Punch bx skin single lesion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11105Punch bx skin ea sep/addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11107Incal bx skn ea sep/addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11719Trim nail(s) any number1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11900Inject skin lesions </w 71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11901Inject skin lesions >71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12001Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12002Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm1 - 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

Showing 30 of 261 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

11755 is bundled into these codes

11755 appears as a Column 2 code in 14 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 11755 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
11106Incal bx skn single les1Check pair
11720Debride nail 1-51Check pair
11730Avulsion nail plate simple 11Check pair
11740Evacuation subungual hmtma1Check pair
11750Excision nail&nail matrix1Check pair
11760Repair of nail bed1Check pair
11762Reconstruction of nail bed1Check pair
11765Wedge excision skn nail fold1Check pair
26910Amputate metacarpal bone1Check pair
26951Amputation of finger/thumb1Check pair
26952Amputation of finger/thumb1Check pair
G0245Initial foot exam pt lops0Check pair
G0246Followup eval of foot pt lop0Check pair
G0247Routine footcare pt w lops1Check 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.