76932 Echo guide for heart biopsy
What 76932 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Echo guide for heart biopsy.
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 76932 (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.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 76932 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 76932? These codes are bundled into it
76932 is a Column 1 code in 21 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0689T | Quan us tis charac w/o dx us | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0690T | Quan us tis charac w/dx us | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0694T | 3d vol img&rcnstj brst/ax | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36591 | Draw blood off venous device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36592 | Collect blood from picc | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
76000 | Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76376 | 3d render w/intrp postproces | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76377 | 3d render w/intrp postproces | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76942 | Echo guide for biopsy | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76998 | Us guide intraop | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
77001 | Fluoroguide for vein device | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
77002 | Needle localization by xray | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
77012 | Ct scan for needle biopsy | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
77021 | Mri guidance ndl plmt rs&i | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99446 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-10 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
99447 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-20 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
99448 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-30 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
99449 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/> | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
99451 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/> | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
99452 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check 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.