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75901 Remove cva device obstruct

What 75901 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Remove cva device obstruct.

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 75901 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.486.280.066.82$227.79
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.486.280.066.82$227.79

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 75901 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 75901? These codes are bundled into it

75901 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
01930Anes ther ivntl rad ven nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01932Anes th ivnt rad ntrthrc/jug0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0632TPerq tcat us abltj nrv p-art1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0645TTcat impltj c sins rdctj dev1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - 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
75741Artery x-rays lung1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75743Artery x-rays lungs1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75746Artery x-rays lung1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75825Vein x-ray trunk1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75827Vein x-ray chest1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
75893Venous sampling by catheter1 - modifier may 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
77001Fluoroguide for vein device1 - 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
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.

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.