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33285 Insj subq car rhythm mntr

What 33285 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Insj subq car rhythm mntr.

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 33285 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.49118.270.36120.12$4,012.12
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.490.420.362.27$75.82

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 33285 at 1 unit 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 33285? These codes are bundled into it

33285 is a Column 1 code in 278 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
0417TPrgrmg eval cardiac modulj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0418TInterro eval cardiac modulj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0521TInterrog dev eval wcs ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0522TPrgrmg dev eval wcs ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0525TInsj/rplcmt compl iims1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0526TInsj/rplcmt iims eltrd only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0527TInsj/rplcmt iims implt mntr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0528TPrgrmg dev eval iims ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0529TInterrog dev eval iims ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0575TPrgrmg dev eval icds ss ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0576TInterrog dev eval icds ss ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0578TRem interrog dev icds phys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0579TRem interrog dev icds tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0650TPrgrmg dev eval scrms remote1 - 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
0926TPrgrmg dev eval ccm-d ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0927TInterrog dev eval ccm-d ip1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0928TRem interrog dev ccm-d phys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0929TRem interrog dev ccm-d tech1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0934TRem mntr wrls l atr prs snr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11001Dbrdmt ecz/infct skn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 278 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

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.