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75827 Vein x-ray chest

What 75827 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Vein x-ray chest.

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 75827 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.112.300.153.56$118.91
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.112.300.153.56$118.91

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 75827 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: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 75827? These codes are bundled into it

75827 is a Column 1 code in 37 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
36005Injection ext venography1 - 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
36598Inj w/fluor eval cv device0 - 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
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
96377Applicaton on-body injector1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 37 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

75827 is bundled into these codes

75827 appears as a Column 2 code in 66 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75827 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0645TTcat impltj c sins rdctj dev1Check pair
33275Tcat rmvl perm ldls pm w/img1Check pair
33277Insj phrnc nrv stim transvns1Check pair
33279Rmvl phrnc nrv stim transvns0Check pair
33281Reposg phrnc nrv stim trnsvn1Check pair
33288Rmv&rplcmt phrnc nrv stim ld1Check pair
33477Implant tcat pulm vlv perq1Check pair
34471Removal of vein clot1Check pair
34490Removal of vein clot1Check pair
35211Rpr blvsl dir ntrathrc w/byp1Check pair
35216Rpr blvsl dir ntrthrc wo byp1Check pair
35241Rpr blvsl vn grf ntrthrc w/b1Check pair
35246Rpr blvsl vn grf ntrthrc w/o1Check pair
35271Rpr blvs gr ot/th vn ntrth w1Check pair
35276Rpr blvs gr ot/t vn ntrth wo1Check 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.