87807 Rsv assay w/optic
What 87807 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rsv assay w/optic.
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Medicare payment for 87807 (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 87807 at 2 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 87807? These codes are bundled into it
87807 is a Column 1 code in 7 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
87280 | Respiratory syncytial ag if | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
87420 | Resp syncytial virus ag ia | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
87807 is bundled into these codes
87807 appears as a Column 2 code in 14 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 87807 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0115U | 1 | Check pair | |
0202U | 1 | Check pair | |
0225U | 1 | Check pair | |
0442U | 1 | Check pair | |
0528U | 1 | Check pair | |
87147 | Culture type immunologic | 1 | Check pair |
87631 | Resp virus 3-5 targets | 1 | Check pair |
87632 | Resp virus 6-11 targets | 1 | Check pair |
87633 | Resp virus 12-25 targets | 1 | Check pair |
87634 | Rsv dna/rna amp probe | 0 | Check pair |
87637 | Sarscov2&inf a&b&rsv amp prb | 0 | Check pair |
87797 | Detect agent nos dna dir | 1 | Check pair |
87798 | Detect agent nos dna amp | 1 | Check pair |
87799 | Detect agent nos dna quant | 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.