76941 Echo guide for transfusion
What 76941 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Echo guide for transfusion.
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 76941 (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 76941 at 3 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 76941? These codes are bundled into it
76941 is a Column 1 code in 28 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 |
76801 | Ob us < 14 wks single fetus | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76805 | Ob us >/= 14 wks sngl fetus | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76810 | Ob us >/= 14 wks addl fetus | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76815 | Ob us limited fetus(s) | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76816 | Ob us follow-up per fetus | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76825 | Echo exam of fetal heart | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76826 | Echo exam of fetal heart | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76827 | Echo exam of fetal heart | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76828 | Echo exam of fetal heart | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
76830 | Transvaginal us non-ob | 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 |
76941 is bundled into these codes
76941 appears as a Column 2 code in 9 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 76941 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
59001 | Amniocentesis therapeutic | 1 | Check pair |
59070 | Transabdom amnioinfus w/us | 1 | Check pair |
59072 | Umbilical cord occlud w/us | 1 | Check pair |
59074 | Fetal fluid drainage w/us | 1 | Check pair |
59076 | Fetal shunt placement w/us | 1 | Check pair |
76811 | Ob us detailed sngl fetus | 1 | Check pair |
76817 | Transvaginal us obstetric | 1 | Check pair |
76856 | Us exam pelvic complete | 1 | Check pair |
76857 | Us exam pelvic limited | 1 | 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.