87637 Sarscov2&inf a&b&rsv amp prb
What 87637 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Sarscov2&inf a&b&rsv amp prb.
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 87637 (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 87637 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 87637? These codes are bundled into it
87637 is a Column 1 code in 34 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
0408U | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair | |
0442U | 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 |
87149 | Dna/rna direct probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87150 | Dna/rna amplified probe | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87253 | Virus inoculate tissue addl | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87275 | Influenza b ag if | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87276 | Influenza a ag if | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87280 | Respiratory syncytial ag if | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87400 | Influenza a/b each ag ia | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87420 | Resp syncytial virus ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87426 | Sarscov coronavirus ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87428 | Sarscov & inf vir a&b ag ia | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87501 | Influenza dna amp prob 1+ | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87502 | Influenza dna amp probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87503 | Influenza dna amp prob addl | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87631 | Resp virus 3-5 targets | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87632 | Resp virus 6-11 targets | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87633 | Resp virus 12-25 targets | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87634 | Rsv dna/rna amp probe | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87635 | Sars-cov-2 covid-19 amp prb | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87636 | Sarscov2 & inf a&b amp prb | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 34 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
87637 is bundled into these codes
87637 appears as a Column 2 code in 270 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 87637 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.