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55875 Transperi needle place pros

What 55875 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Transperi needle place pros.

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 55875 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)13.126.051.4220.59$687.72
Facility (hospital, ASC)13.126.051.4220.59$687.72

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: 90-day global period.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 55875 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 55875? These codes are bundled into it

55875 is a Column 1 code in 231 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
00860Anes xtrprtl px lwr abd nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0403U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0424U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0433U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt0 - no modifier 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
10035Plmt sft tiss loclzj dev 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10036Plmt sft tiss loclzj dev ea1 - 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
12016Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 12.6-20.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12017Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 20.1-30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12018Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m >30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12020Tx supfc wnd dehsn smpl clsr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12021Tx supfc wnd dehsn w/packing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 231 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

55875 is bundled into these codes

55875 appears as a Column 2 code in 18 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 55875 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0600TAblt ire 1+ o/t lv/prst8 prq1Check pair
0601TAbltj ire 1+tumors open1Check pair
55801Removal of prostate1Check pair
55810Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55812Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55815Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55821Removal of prostate1Check pair
55831Removal of prostate1Check pair
55840Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55842Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55845Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55860Surgical exposure prostate1Check pair
55862Extensive prostate surgery1Check pair
55866Laps surg prst8ect rpbic rad1Check pair
55867Laps surg prst8ect smpl stot1Check 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.