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38240 Transplt allo hct/donor

What 38240 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Transplt allo hct/donor.

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 38240 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.901.890.256.04$201.74
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.901.890.256.04$201.74

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: Restricted coverage - payable only in specific circumstances. Global period: Global concept does not apply.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 38240 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: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 38240? These codes are bundled into it

38240 is a Column 1 code in 31 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
38225Car-t hrv bld-drv t lymphcyt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
38227Car-t receipt&prepj admn0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
38228Car-t admn autologous0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
38242Transplt allo lymphocytes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
38243Transplj hematopoietic boost0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
69990Microsurgery add-on0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
86950Leukacyte transfusion0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99211Off/op est may x req phy/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99212Office o/p est sf 10 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99213Office o/p est low 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99214Office o/p est mod 30 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99215Office o/p est hi 40 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
992211st hosp ip/obs sf/low 401 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
992221st hosp ip/obs moderate 551 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
992231st hosp ip/obs high 751 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99231Sbsq hosp ip/obs sf/low 251 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99232Sbsq hosp ip/obs moderate 351 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99233Sbsq hosp ip/obs high 501 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99234Hosp ip/obs sm dt sf/low 451 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99235Hosp ip/obs same date mod 701 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99236Hosp ip/obs same date hi 851 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99238Hosp ip/obs dschrg mgmt 30/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99239Hosp ip/obs dschrg mgmt >301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99471Ped critical care initial1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99472Ped critical care subsq1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99475Ped crit care age 2-5 init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99476Ped crit care age 2-5 subsq1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 31 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

38240 is bundled into these codes

38240 appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 38240 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0263TIm b1 mrw cel ther cmpl0Check pair
0264TIm b1 mrw cel ther xcl hrvst0Check pair
0265TIm b1 mrw cel ther hrvst onl0Check pair
38205Harvest allogeneic stem cell0Check pair
38206Harvest auto stem cells0Check pair
38241Transplt autol hct/donor0Check 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.