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37211 Thrombolytic art therapy

What 37211 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Thrombolytic art therapy.

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 37211 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)7.561.071.5010.13$338.35
Facility (hospital, ASC)7.561.071.5010.13$338.35

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 37211 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 37211? These codes are bundled into it

37211 is a Column 1 code in 325 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
0075TPerq stent/chest vert art1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
01916Anes dx arteriography/vngrph0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01924Anes ther ivntl rad artl nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01925Anes ivntl rad artl crtd/c0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01926Anes ivntl rad icr icar/aort0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01930Anes ther ivntl rad ven nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01931Anes ivnt rad ntrhpt/prt crc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01932Anes th ivnt rad ntrthrc/jug0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01933Anes ther ivntl rad px icr0 - 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
0632TPerq tcat us abltj nrv p-art1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0645TTcat impltj c sins rdctj dev1 - 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
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
12007Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12011Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12013Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.6-5.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12014Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 5.1-7.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12015Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 7.6-12.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 325 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

37211 is bundled into these codes

37211 appears as a Column 2 code in 38 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 37211 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
33275Tcat rmvl perm ldls pm w/img1Check pair
34701Evasc rpr a-ao ndgft1Check pair
34702Evasc rpr a-ao ndgft rpt1Check pair
34703Evasc rpr a-unilac ndgft1Check pair
34704Evasc rpr a-unilac ndgft rpt1Check pair
34705Evac rpr a-biiliac ndgft1Check pair
34706Evasc rpr a-biiliac rpt1Check pair
34709Plmt xtn prosth evasc rpr1Check pair
34712Tcat dlvr enhncd fixj dev1Check pair
34841Endovasc visc aorta 1 graft1Check pair
34842Endovasc visc aorta 2 graft1Check pair
34843Endovasc visc aorta 3 graft1Check pair
34844Endovasc visc aorta 4 graft1Check pair
34845Visc & infraren abd 1 prosth1Check pair
34846Visc & infraren abd 2 prosth1Check 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.