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75820 Vein x-ray arm/leg

What 75820 is

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

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 75820 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.022.100.093.21$107.22
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.022.100.093.21$107.22

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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 75820 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 75820? These codes are bundled into it

75820 is a Column 1 code in 38 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
01916Anes dx arteriography/vngrph0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01924Anes ther ivntl rad artl nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01925Anes ivntl rad artl crtd/c0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01926Anes ivntl rad icr icar/aort0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35201Repair blood vessel dir neck1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35206Repair blood vessel dir uxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35226Repair blood vessel dir lxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35261Rpr blvsl grf oth/thn vn nck1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35266Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn uxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
35286Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn lxtr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36500Insertion of catheter vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76942Echo guide for biopsy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76998Us guide intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
78456Acute venous thrombus image1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
78457Venous thrombosis imaging1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
78458Ven thrombosis images bilat1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96360Hydration iv infusion init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96365Ther/proph/diag iv inf init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96372Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96374Ther/proph/diag inj iv push1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96375Tx/pro/dx inj new drug addon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96376Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 38 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

75820 is bundled into these codes

75820 appears as a Column 2 code in 74 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75820 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0620TEvasc ven artlz tibl/prnl vn1Check pair
0795TTcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm cmpl0Check pair
0796TTcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm ra0Check pair
0797TTcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm rv0Check pair
0798TTcat rmv 2chmbr ldls pm cmpl0Check pair
0799TTcat rmvl 2chmbr ldls pm ra0Check pair
0800TTcat rmvl 2chmbr ldls pm rv0Check pair
0801TTcat rmv&rpl 2chmbr ldls pm0Check pair
0802TTcat rmv&rpl2chmb ldls pm ra0Check pair
0803TTcat rmv&rpl2chmb ldls pm rv0Check pair
0823TTcat ins 1chmbr ldls pm ra1Check pair
0824TTcat rmv 1chmbr ldls pm ra1Check pair
0825TTcat rmv&rpl1chmb ldls pm ra1Check pair
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1Check pair
20501Njx sinus tract diagnostic1Check 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.