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76390 Mr spectroscopy

What 76390 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Mr spectroscopy.

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 76390 (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 76390 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 76390? These codes are bundled into it

76390 is a Column 1 code in 3 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
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

76390 is bundled into these codes

76390 appears as a Column 2 code in 8 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76390 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0024U0Check pair
0609TMrs disc pain acquisj data1Check pair
0610TMrs disc pain transmis data1Check pair
0611TMrs disc pain alg alys data1Check pair
0612TMrs discogenic pain i&r1Check pair
0648TQuan mr tis wo mri 1orgn1Check pair
0658TElec impd spectrsc 1+skn les1Check pair
0697TQuan mr tis wo mri mlt orgn1Check 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.