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77423 Neutron beam tx complex

What 77423 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Neutron beam tx complex.

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 77423 (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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 77423 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 77423? These codes are bundled into it

77423 is a Column 1 code in 215 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
0591THlth&wb coaching indiv 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0592THlth&wb coaching indiv f-up1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0593THlth&wb coaching group1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
11920Correct skin color 6.0 cm/<0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
11921Correct skn color 6.1-20.0cm0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
16000Initial treatment of burn(s)0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
16020Dress/debrid p-thick burn s0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
16025Dress/debrid p-thick burn m0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
16030Dress/debrid p-thick burn l0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36425Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51701Insert bladder catheter0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51702Insert temp bladder cath0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
51703Insert bladder cath complex0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
77402Radiation tx delivery lvl 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77407Radiation tx delivery lvl 21 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77520Proton trmt simple w/o comp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90832Psytx w pt 30 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90833Psytx w pt w e/m 30 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90834Psytx w pt 45 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90836Psytx w pt w e/m 45 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90837Psytx w pt 60 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90838Psytx w pt w e/m 60 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90839Psytx crisis initial 60 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90840Psytx crisis ea addl 30 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 215 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

77423 is bundled into these codes

77423 appears as a Column 2 code in 10 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 77423 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
32701Thorax stereo rad targetw/tx0Check pair
77301Radiotherapy dose plan imrt1Check pair
77371Srs multisource0Check pair
77372Srs linear based0Check pair
77373Strtctc bdy rad ther tx dlvr0Check pair
77412Radiation tx delivery lvl 31Check pair
96521Refill/maint portable pump1Check pair
96522Refill/maint pump/resvr syst1Check pair
G0339Robot lin-radsurg com, first1Check pair
G0340Robt lin-radsurg fractx 2-51Check 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.