87335 E coli 0157 ag ia
What 87335 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: E coli 0157 ag ia.
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 87335 (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 87335 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: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 87335? These codes are bundled into it
87335 is a Column 1 code in 4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
87206 | Smear fluorescent/acid stai | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88346 | Imfluor 1st 1antb stain px | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
88350 | Imfluor ea addl 1antb stn px | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87335 is bundled into these codes
87335 appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 87335 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
87147 | Culture type immunologic | 1 | Check pair |
87483 | Cns dna amp probe type 12-25 | 0 | Check pair |
87505 | Nfct agent detection gi | 1 | Check pair |
87506 | Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 6-11 | 1 | Check pair |
87507 | Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 12-25 | 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.