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24076 Ex arm/elbow tum deep < 5 cm

What 24076 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ex arm/elbow tum deep < 5 cm.

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 24076 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)7.226.821.5615.60$521.05
Facility (hospital, ASC)7.226.821.5615.60$521.05

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: 90-day global period.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 24076 at 4 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 24076? These codes are bundled into it

24076 is a Column 1 code in 270 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
01710Anes px nrv musc upr a&e nos0 - 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
10030Img gid flu coll drg sft tis1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10060I&d abscess simple/single1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10140I&d hmtma seroma/fluid collj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10160Pnxr aspir absc hmtma bulla1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11001Dbrdmt ecz/infct skn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11004Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11005Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11006Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11010Debride skin at fx site1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11012Deb skin bone at fx site1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11042Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11044Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11045Dbrdmt subq tiss each addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11046Dbrdmt musc&/fsca ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 270 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

24076 is bundled into these codes

24076 appears as a Column 2 code in 8 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 24076 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
23220Radical rescj tumor prox hum1Check pair
24000Arthrt elbw expl drg/rmvl fb1Check pair
24073Ex arm/elbow tum deep 5 cm/>1Check pair
24077Rad rescj tum tiss a/e <5cm1Check pair
24079Rad rescj tum tiss a/e 5 cm+1Check pair
24150Rad rescj tum dstl/shft hum1Check pair
24152Rad resection tum radial h/n1Check pair
24155Resection of elbow joint1Check 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.