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67225 Eye photodynamic ther add-on

What 67225 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Eye photodynamic ther 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 67225 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.460.370.040.87$29.06
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.460.160.040.66$22.04

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 67225 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 67225? These codes are bundled into it

67225 is a Column 1 code in 34 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
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36400Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp fem/jug1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36425Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
61650Evasc prlng admn rx agnt 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62324Njx interlaminar crv/thrc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62325Njx interlaminar crv/thrc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62326Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62327Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64415Njx aa&/strd brch plxs img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64416Njx aa&/strd brch pl nfs img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64417Njx aa&/strd ax nerve img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64450Njx aa&/strd other pn/branch1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64454Njx aa&/strd gnclr nrv brnch1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64486Tap block unil by injection1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64487Tap block uni by infusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64488Tap block bi injection1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64489Tap block bi by infusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64490Inj paravert f jnt c/t 1 lev1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64493Inj paravert f jnt l/s 1 lev1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67005Partial removal of eye fluid1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67010Partial removal of eye fluid1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67015Release of eye fluid1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67145Proph rta dtchmnt pc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67210Treatment of retinal lesion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
67500Inject/treat eye socket1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 34 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

67225 is bundled into these codes

67225 appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 67225 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
67039Laser treatment of retina1Check pair
67040Laser treatment of retina1Check pair
67105Repair detached retina pc1Check pair
67107Repair detached retina1Check pair
67108Repair detached retina1Check pair
67228Treatment x10sv retinopathy1Check 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.