87483 Cns dna amp probe type 12-25
What 87483 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Cns dna amp probe type 12-25.
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 87483 (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 87483 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: CMS Policy. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 87483? These codes are bundled into it
87483 is a Column 1 code in 35 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
0527U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
80503 | Path clin consltj sf 5-20 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80504 | Path clin consltj mod 21-40 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80505 | Path clin consltj high 41-60 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
80506 | Path clin consltj prolng svc | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81400 | Mopath procedure level 1 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81401 | Mopath procedure level 2 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81402 | Mopath procedure level 3 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81403 | Mopath procedure level 4 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81404 | Mopath procedure level 5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81405 | Mopath procedure level 6 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81406 | Mopath procedure level 7 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81407 | Mopath procedure level 8 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
81408 | Mopath procedure level 9 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87267 | Enterovirus antibody dfa | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87271 | Cytomegalovirus dfa | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87273 | Herpes simplex 2 ag if | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87274 | Herpes simplex 1 ag if | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87290 | Varicella zoster ag if | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87327 | Cryptococcus neoform ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87332 | Cytomegalovirus ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87335 | E coli 0157 ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87495 | Cytomeg dna dir probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87496 | Cytomeg dna amp probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87497 | Cytomeg dna quant | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87528 | Hsv dna dir probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87529 | Hsv dna amp probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87530 | Hsv dna quant | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87531 | Hhv-6 dna dir probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87532 | Hhv-6 dna amp probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 35 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
87483 is bundled into these codes
87483 appears as a Column 2 code in 281 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 87483 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0008U | 1 | Check pair | |
0010U | 1 | Check pair | |
0016U | 1 | Check pair | |
0017U | 1 | Check pair | |
0027U | 1 | Check pair | |
0030U | 1 | Check pair | |
0034U | 1 | Check pair | |
0040U | 1 | Check pair | |
0046U | 1 | Check pair | |
0049U | 1 | Check pair | |
0070U | 1 | Check pair | |
0071U | 1 | Check pair | |
0072U | 1 | Check pair | |
0073U | 1 | Check pair | |
0074U | 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.