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90785 Psytx complex interactive

What 90785 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Psytx complex interactive.

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 90785 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.330.110.000.44$14.70
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.330.020.000.35$11.69

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.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 90785 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: CMS Workgroup. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 90785? These codes are bundled into it

90785 is a Column 1 code in 14 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
0362TBhv id suprt assmt ea 15 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0373TAdapt bhv tx ea 15 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96164Hlth bhv ivntj grp 1st 300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96165Hlth bhv ivntj grp ea addl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97151Bhv id assmt by phys/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97152Bhv id suprt assmt by 1 tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97153Adaptive behavior tx by tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97154Grp adapt bhv tx by tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97155Adapt behavior tx phys/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97156Fam adapt bhv tx gdn phy/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97157Mult fam adapt bhv tx gdn0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

90785 is bundled into these codes

90785 appears as a Column 2 code in 19 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 90785 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
90839Psytx crisis initial 60 min0Check pair
90840Psytx crisis ea addl 30 min0Check pair
96130Psycl tst eval phys/qhp 1st0Check pair
96131Psycl tst eval phys/qhp ea0Check pair
96132Nrpsyc tst eval phys/qhp 1st0Check pair
96133Nrpsyc tst eval phys/qhp ea0Check pair
96136Psycl/nrpsyc tst phy/qhp 1st0Check pair
96137Psycl/nrpsyc tst phy/qhp ea0Check pair
96138Psycl/nrpsyc tech 1st0Check pair
96139Psycl/nrpsyc tst tech ea0Check pair
96156Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment0Check pair
96158Hlth bhv ivntj indiv 1st 300Check pair
96159Hlth bhv ivntj indiv ea addl0Check pair
96167Hlth bhv ivntj fam 1st 300Check pair
96168Hlth bhv ivntj fam ea addl0Check 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.