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64727 Internal neurolysis

What 64727 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Internal neurolysis.

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 64727 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.021.060.264.34$144.96
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.021.060.264.34$144.96

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 64727 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 64727? These codes are bundled into it

64727 is a Column 1 code in 56 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
0333TVisual ep scr acuity auto0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0464TVisual ep test for glaucoma0 - no modifier 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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62320Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62321Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62322Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62323Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
69990Microsurgery add-on0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
92652Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
92653Aep neurodiagnostic i&r0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95822Eeg coma or sleep only0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95860Needle emg 1 extremity0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95861Needle emg 2 extremities0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95863Needle emg 3 extremities0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95864Needle emg 4 extremities0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95865Needle emg larynx0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95866Needle emg hemidiaphragm0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95867Ndl emg cranial nrv musc uni0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 56 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

64727 is bundled into these codes

64727 appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 64727 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
64910Nerve repair w/allograft1Check pair
64911Neurorraphy w/vein autograft1Check pair
64912Nrv rpr w/nrv algrft 1st1Check pair
64913Nrv rpr w/nrv algrft ea addl1Check 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.