`75801` Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg

What 75801 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg.

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Medicare payment for 75801 (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 75801 at 1 unit 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 75801? These codes are bundled into it

75801 is a Column 1 code in 23 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 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`01916`	Anes dx arteriography/vngrph	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`01924`	Anes ther ivntl rad artl nos	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`01925`	Anes ivntl rad artl crtd/c	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`01926`	Anes ivntl rad icr icar/aort	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`0708T`	Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0709T`	Id ca immntx each addl njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`36005`	Injection ext venography	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`36591`	Draw blood off venous device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`36592`	Collect blood from picc	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`76000`	Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`76942`	Echo guide for biopsy	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`76998`	Us guide intraop	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`77001`	Fluoroguide for vein device	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`77002`	Needle localization by xray	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96372`	Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96377`	Applicaton on-body injector	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96523`	Irrig drug delivery device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`99446`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-10	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`99447`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-20	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`99448`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-30	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`99449`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`99451`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`99452`	Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair

75801 is bundled into these codes

75801 appears as a Column 2 code in 1 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75801 is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`75803`	Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs	1	Check 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.