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75984 Xray control catheter change

What 75984 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Xray control catheter change.

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 75984 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.811.930.072.81$93.86
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.811.930.072.81$93.86

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 75984 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 75984? These codes are bundled into it

75984 is a Column 1 code in 27 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
36005Injection ext venography1 - 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
75893Venous sampling by catheter1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76000Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77001Fluoroguide for vein device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - 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
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
J1644Inj heparin sodium per 1000u1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

75984 is bundled into these codes

75984 appears as a Column 2 code in 15 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 75984 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0647TInsj gtube perq mag gastrpxy1Check pair
0871TRplcmt subq prtl ascites pmp0Check pair
0872TRplcmt ndwllg bldr&prtl cath0Check pair
43761Reposition gastrostomy tube1Check pair
49440Place gastrostomy tube perc1Check pair
49441Place duod/jej tube perc1Check pair
49442Place cecostomy tube perc1Check pair
49446Change g-tube to g-j perc1Check pair
49450Replace g/c tube perc1Check pair
49451Replace duod/jej tube perc1Check pair
49452Replace g-j tube perc1Check pair
49460Fix g/colon tube w/device1Check pair
49465Fluoro exam of g/colon tube1Check pair
50385Change stent via transureth1Check pair
50386Remove stent via transureth1Check 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.