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20930 Sp bone algrft morsel add-on

What 20930 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Sp bone algrft morsel add-on.

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 20930 (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Bundled - payment is always bundled into another service. 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 20930 at 0 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: CMS Policy. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 20930? These codes are bundled into it

20930 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 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

20930 is bundled into these codes

20930 appears as a Column 2 code in 7 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 20930 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0219TPlmt post facet implt cerv1Check pair
0220TPlmt post facet implt thor1Check pair
0221TPlmt post facet implt lumb1Check pair
20932Osteoart algrft w/surf & b11Check pair
20933Hemicrt intrclry algrft prtl1Check pair
20934Intercalary algrft compl1Check pair
22586Arthrd pre-sac ntrbdy l5-s11Check 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.