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77427 Radiation tx management x5

What 77427 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Radiation tx management x5.

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 77427 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.372.220.265.85$195.40
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.372.220.265.85$195.40

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 77427 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 77427? These codes are bundled into it

77427 is a Column 1 code in 225 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
77432Stereotactic radiation trmt1 - modifier may 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
90846Family psytx w/o pt 50 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90847Family psytx w/pt 50 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 225 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

77427 is bundled into these codes

77427 appears as a Column 2 code in 24 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 77427 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0395THdr elctr ntrst/ntrcv brchtx0Check pair
32701Thorax stereo rad targetw/tx0Check pair
61796Srs cranial lesion simple0Check pair
61798Srs cranial lesion complex0Check pair
63620Srs spinal lesion0Check pair
77371Srs multisource0Check pair
77372Srs linear based0Check pair
77373Strtctc bdy rad ther tx dlvr0Check pair
77431Radiation therapy management0Check pair
77435Sbrt management0Check pair
77750Infuse radioactive materials1Check pair
77761Apply intrcav radiat simple1Check pair
77762Apply intrcav radiat interm1Check pair
77763Apply intrcav radiat compl1Check pair
77767Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx1Check 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.