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76775 Us exam abdo back wall lim

What 76775 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Us exam abdo back wall lim.

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 76775 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.571.210.041.82$60.79
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.571.210.041.82$60.79

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 76775 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 76775? These codes are bundled into it

76775 is a Column 1 code in 11 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
76857Us exam pelvic limited1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
76942Echo guide for biopsy1 - 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

76775 is bundled into these codes

76775 appears as a Column 2 code in 13 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76775 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
76700Us exam abdom complete1Check pair
76705Echo exam of abdomen1Check pair
76706Us abdl aorta screen aaa1Check pair
76776Us exam k transpl w/doppler0Check pair
76978Us trgt dyn mbubb 1st les1Check pair
76979Us trgt dyn mbubb ea addl1Check pair
76981Use parenchyma1Check pair
76982Use 1st target lesion1Check pair
91200Liver elastography1Check pair
93975Vascular study1Check pair
93976Vascular study1Check pair
93978Vascular study1Check pair
93979Vascular 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.