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62291 Njx px discography crv/thrc

What 62291 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Njx px discography crv/thrc.

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 62291 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)2.847.020.2410.10$337.35
Facility (hospital, ASC)2.840.920.244.00$133.60

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 62291 at 4 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 62291? These codes are bundled into it

62291 is a Column 1 code in 255 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
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

Showing 30 of 255 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

62291 is bundled into these codes

62291 appears as a Column 2 code in 22 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 62291 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0274TPrq lamot/lam dcmpr crv/thrc0Check pair
22220Osteot dsc ant 1 vrt sgm crv1Check pair
22222Osteot dsc ant 1vrt sgm thrc1Check pair
22532Arthrd lat xtrcvtry tq thrc1Check pair
22551Arthrd ant ntrbdy cervical1Check pair
22554Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc crv1Check pair
22556Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc thc1Check pair
22856Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc crv1Check pair
22858Tot disc arthrp 2nd lvl crv1Check pair
22861Rev rplcm arthrp 1ntrspc crv1Check pair
22864Rmvl tot arthrp 1ntrspc crv1Check pair
62267Interdiscal perq aspir dx1Check pair
63001Remove spine lamina 1/2 crvl1Check pair
63003Remove spine lamina 1/2 thrc1Check pair
63015Remove spine lamina >2 crvcl1Check 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.