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87803 Clostridium toxin a w/optic

What 87803 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Clostridium toxin a w/optic.

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Medicare payment for 87803 (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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 87803 at 3 units 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 87803? These codes are bundled into it

87803 is a Column 1 code in 5 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
80503Path clin consltj sf 5-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80504Path clin consltj mod 21-401 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80505Path clin consltj high 41-601 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
80506Path clin consltj prolng svc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

87803 is bundled into these codes

87803 appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 87803 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
87324Clostridium ag ia0Check pair
87493C diff amplified probe1Check pair
87505Nfct agent detection gi1Check pair
87506Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 6-111Check pair
87507Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 12-251Check 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.