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32667 Thoracoscopy w/w resect addl

What 32667 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Thoracoscopy w/w resect addl.

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Medicare payment for 32667 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)2.930.580.734.24$141.62
Facility (hospital, ASC)2.930.580.734.24$141.62

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: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 32667 at 3 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 32667? These codes are bundled into it

32667 is a Column 1 code in 139 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
00528Anes clsd ch mediast&thrc wo0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
00529Anes clsd ch mediast&thrc w/0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
00539Anes tracheobronchial rcnstj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
00540Anes thoracotomy px nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
00541Anes thrcm px 1 lung vntj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
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
0600TAblt ire 1+ o/t lv/prst8 prq1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0601TAbltj ire 1+tumors open1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - 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
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
11047Dbrdmt bone each addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32551Insertion of chest tube1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32556Insert cath pleura w/o image1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32557Insert cath pleura w/ image1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
32560Treat pleurodesis w/agent0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
32561Lyse chest fibrin init day0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
32562Lyse chest fibrin subq day0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 139 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

32667 is bundled into these codes

32667 appears as a Column 2 code in 17 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 32667 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
32440Remove lung pneumonectomy1Check pair
32442Sleeve pneumonectomy1Check pair
32445Removal of lung extrapleural1Check pair
32480Partial removal of lung1Check pair
32482Bilobectomy1Check pair
32484Segmentectomy1Check pair
32486Sleeve lobectomy1Check pair
32488Completion pneumonectomy1Check pair
32491Lung volume reduction1Check pair
32503Resect apical lung tumor1Check pair
32504Resect apical lung tum/chest1Check pair
32507Wedge resect of lung diag1Check pair
32663Thoracoscopy w/lobectomy1Check pair
32668Thoracoscopy w/w resect diag1Check pair
32669Thoracoscopy remove segment1Check 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.