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89321 Semen anal sperm detection

What 89321 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Semen anal sperm detection.

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 89321 (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 89321 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 89321? These codes are bundled into it

89321 is a Column 1 code in 3 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
89257Sperm identification1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
89264Identify sperm tissue1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

89321 is bundled into these codes

89321 appears as a Column 2 code in 7 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 89321 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
89260Sperm isolation simple1Check pair
89261Sperm isolation complex1Check pair
89300Semen analysis w/huhner0Check pair
89310Semen analysis w/count0Check pair
89320Semen anal vol/count/mot0Check pair
89322Semen anal strict criteria0Check pair
G0027Semen analysis0Check 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.