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90740 Hepb vacc 3 dose immunsup im

What 90740 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Hepb vacc 3 dose immunsup im.

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 90740 (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 90740 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 90740? These codes are bundled into it

90740 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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90739Hepb vacc 2/4 dose adult im0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90747Hepb vacc 4 dose immunsup im0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

90740 is bundled into these codes

90740 appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 90740 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
90697Dtap-ipv-hib-hepb vaccine im0Check pair
90743Hepb vacc 2 dose adolesc im0Check pair
90744Hepb vacc 3 dose ped/adol im0Check pair
90746Hepb vaccine 3 dose adult im0Check pair
90759Hep b vac 3ag 10mcg 3 dos im0Check 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.