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76080 X-ray exam of fistula

What 76080 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: X-ray exam of fistula.

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 76080 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.531.180.051.76$58.79
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.531.180.051.76$58.79

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 76080 at 3 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 76080? These codes are bundled into it

76080 is a Column 1 code in 12 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
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
77001Fluoroguide for vein device1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77002Needle localization by xray1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-100 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-200 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

76080 is bundled into these codes

76080 appears as a Column 2 code in 14 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76080 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0566TAutol cell implt adps njx1Check pair
20610Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us1Check pair
20611Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us1Check pair
20704Mnl prep&insj i-artic rx dev1Check pair
24149Radical resection of elbow1Check pair
26185Remove finger bone1Check pair
26546Repair nonunion hand1Check pair
26551Great toe-hand transfer1Check pair
26553Single transfer toe-hand1Check pair
26554Double transfer toe-hand1Check pair
26555Positional change of finger1Check pair
26556Toe joint transfer1Check pair
27036Capsulectomy/capsulotomy hip1Check pair
49185Sclerotx fluid collection1Check 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.