`88332` Path consltj surg ea add blk

What 88332 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Path consltj surg ea add blk.

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Medicare payment for 88332 (CY2026)

	Work RVU	Practice expense RVU	Malpractice RVU	Total	Medicare rate
Non-facility (office)	0.58	1.00	0.02	1.60	$53.44
Facility (hospital, ASC)	0.58	1.00	0.02	1.60	$53.44

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.

Adjust for a Medicare locality:

Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply.

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 88332 at 13 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 88332? These codes are bundled into it

88332 is a Column 1 code in 8 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
`88160`	Cytopath smear other source	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88161`	Cytopath smear other source	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88162`	Cytopath smear other source	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88329`	Path consltj drg surg	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88333`	Path consltj surg cyto xm 1	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88334`	Path consltj surg cyto xm ea	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`88387`	Macroscopic xm dsj&prep tiss	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96523`	Irrig drug delivery device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair

88332 is bundled into these codes

88332 appears as a Column 2 code in 2 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 88332 is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`17311`	Mohs 1 stage h/n/hf/g	1	Check pair
`17313`	Mohs 1 stage t/a/l	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.