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76700 Us exam abdom complete

What 76700 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Us exam abdom complete.

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 76700 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.792.570.063.42$114.23
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.792.570.063.42$114.23

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 76700 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: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 76700? These codes are bundled into it

76700 is a Column 1 code in 15 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
0689TQuan us tis charac w/o dx us1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51701Insert bladder catheter1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
51702Insert temp bladder cath1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76770Us exam abdo back wall comp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76775Us exam abdo back wall lim1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76776Us exam k transpl w/doppler1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76942Echo guide for biopsy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76981Use parenchyma1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76982Use 1st target lesion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76983Use ea addl target lesion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76998Us guide intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
G0471Ven blood coll snf/hha1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

76700 is bundled into these codes

76700 appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76700 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
58356Endometrial cryoablation1Check pair
76978Us trgt dyn mbubb 1st les1Check pair
76979Us trgt dyn mbubb ea addl1Check pair
91200Liver elastography1Check pair
93975Vascular study1Check pair
93976Vascular study1Check 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.