76937 Us guide vascular access
What 76937 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Us guide vascular access.
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 76937 (CY2026)
| Work RVU | Practice expense RVU | Malpractice RVU | Total | Medicare rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-facility (office) | 0.29 | 0.88 | 0.04 | 1.21 | $40.42 |
| Facility (hospital, ASC) | 0.29 | 0.88 | 0.04 | 1.21 | $40.42 |
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: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 76937 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 76937? These codes are bundled into it
76937 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 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 |
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 |
76942 | Echo guide for biopsy | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76998 | Us guide intraop | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
77002 | Needle localization by xray | 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 |
76937 is bundled into these codes
76937 appears as a Column 2 code in 73 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76937 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0505T | Ev fempop artl revsc | 1 | Check pair |
0515T | Insj wcs lv compl sys | 1 | Check pair |
0516T | Insj wcs lv eltrd only | 1 | Check pair |
0517T | Insj wcs lv both compnt pg | 1 | Check pair |
0518T | Rmvl pg wcs lv battery only | 1 | Check pair |
0519T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both | 1 | Check pair |
0520T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery | 1 | Check pair |
0524T | Ev cath dir chem abltj w/img | 1 | Check pair |
0613T | Perq tcat intratrl septl sht | 1 | Check pair |
0620T | Evasc ven artlz tibl/prnl vn | 1 | Check pair |
0645T | Tcat impltj c sins rdctj dev | 1 | Check pair |
0795T | Tcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm cmpl | 0 | Check pair |
0796T | Tcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm ra | 0 | Check pair |
0797T | Tcat ins 2chmbr ldls pm rv | 0 | Check pair |
0798T | Tcat rmv 2chmbr ldls pm cmpl | 0 | 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.