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44213 Lap mobil splenic fl add-on

What 44213 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Lap mobil splenic fl add-on.

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 44213 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.410.830.704.94$165.00
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.410.830.704.94$165.00

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 44213 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 44213? These codes are bundled into it

44213 is a Column 1 code in 52 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/thor1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac1 - 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
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
43752Nasal/orogastric w/tube plmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
49082Abd paracentesis1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
49083Abd paracentesis w/imaging1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
49084Peritoneal lavage1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
49400Air injection into abdomen0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
61650Evasc prlng admn rx agnt 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62324Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62325Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62326Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62327Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
64415Njx aa&/strd brch plxs img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 52 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

44213 is bundled into these codes

44213 appears as a Column 2 code in 17 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 44213 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
44140Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44141Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44143Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44144Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44145Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44146Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44147Partial removal of colon0Check pair
44150Removal of colon0Check pair
44151Removal of colon/ileostomy0Check pair
44155Removal of colon/ileostomy0Check pair
44156Removal of colon/ileostomy0Check pair
44157Colectomy w/ileoanal anast0Check pair
44158Colectomy w/neo-rectum pouch0Check pair
44160Removal of colon0Check pair
44210Laparo total proctocolectomy0Check 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.