82013 Acetylcholinesterase assay
What 82013 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Acetylcholinesterase assay.
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 82013 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Statutory exclusion - not payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. 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 82013 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 Analyte. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 82013? These codes are bundled into it
82013 is a Column 1 code in 1 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
82013 is bundled into these codes
82013 appears as a Column 2 code in 10 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 82013 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
00100 | Anes px salivary gland w/bx | 1 | Check pair |
00102 | Anes px plstc rpr cleft lip | 1 | Check pair |
00103 | Anes rcnstv px eyelid | 1 | Check pair |
00104 | Anes electroconvulsive ther | 1 | Check pair |
00120 | Anes px ear w/bx nos | 1 | Check pair |
00124 | Anes px ear otoscopy | 1 | Check pair |
00126 | Anes px ear tympanotomy | 1 | Check pair |
00140 | Anes procedures on eye nos | 1 | Check pair |
00142 | Anes px on eye lens surgery | 1 | Check pair |
00144 | Anes px eye corneal trnspl | 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.