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62267 Interdiscal perq aspir dx

What 62267 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Interdiscal perq aspir dx.

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 62267 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)2.934.490.337.75$258.86
Facility (hospital, ASC)2.930.780.334.04$134.94

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 62267 at 2 units 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 62267? These codes are bundled into it

62267 is a Column 1 code in 279 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
01937Anes drg/aspir crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01938Anes drg/aspir lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01939Anes nulyt agt crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01940Anes nulyt agt lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01941Anes neuromd/ntrvrt crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01942Anes neuromd/ntrvrt lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0333TVisual ep scr acuity auto0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0464TVisual ep test for glaucoma0 - 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
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
10005Fna bx w/us gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10006Fna bx w/us gdn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10007Fna bx w/fluor gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10008Fna bx w/fluor gdn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10009Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10010Fna bx w/ct gdn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10011Fna bx w/mr gdn 1st les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10012Fna bx w/mr gdn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10021Fna bx w/o img gdn 1st les1 - 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

Showing 30 of 279 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

62267 is bundled into these codes

62267 appears as a Column 2 code in 17 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 62267 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
22224Osteot dsc ant 1vrt sgm lmbr1Check pair
22533Arthrd lat xtrcvtry tq lmbr1Check pair
22558Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum1Check pair
22586Arthrd pre-sac ntrbdy l5-s11Check pair
22630Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc lum1Check pair
22633Arthrd cmbn 1ntrspc lumbar1Check pair
22634Arthrd cmbn 1ntrspc ea addl1Check pair
62287Dcmprn pq nuc pul 1/mlt lmbr1Check pair
62290Njx px discography lumbar1Check pair
63005Remove spine lamina 1/2 lmbr1Check pair
63017Remove spine lamina >2 lmbr1Check pair
63030Lamot dcmprn nrv rt 1 lmbr1Check pair
63042Laminotomy single lumbar1Check pair
63052Lam facetc/frmt arthrd lum 11Check pair
63053Lam factc/frmt arthrd lum ea1Check 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.