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64837 Repair nerve add-on

What 64837 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Repair nerve 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 64837 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)6.091.941.309.33$311.63
Facility (hospital, ASC)6.091.941.309.33$311.63

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 64837 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 64837? These codes are bundled into it

64837 is a Column 1 code in 41 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
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
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
95868Ndl emg cranial nrv musc bi0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95869Ndl emg thrc paraspinal musc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95870Ndl emg lmtd std musc 1 xtr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95907Nvr cndj tst 1-2 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95908Nrv cndj tst 3-4 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95909Nrv cndj tst 5-6 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95910Nrv cndj test 7-8 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95911Nrv cndj test 9-10 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95912Nrv cndj test 11-12 studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95913Nrv cndj test 13/> studies0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95925Somatosensory testing0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95926Somatosensory testing0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 41 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

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.