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90880 Hypnotherapy

What 90880 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Hypnotherapy.

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 90880 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)2.190.900.023.11$103.88
Facility (hospital, ASC)2.190.170.022.38$79.49

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: Global concept does not apply.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 90880 at 1 unit 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: CMS Policy. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 90880? These codes are bundled into it

90880 is a Column 1 code in 121 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
90832Psytx w pt 30 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90833Psytx w pt w e/m 30 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90834Psytx w pt 45 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90836Psytx w pt w e/m 45 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90837Psytx w pt 60 minutes0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90838Psytx w pt w e/m 60 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90845Psychoanalysis0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90846Family psytx w/o pt 50 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90847Family psytx w/pt 50 min0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90849Multiple family group psytx0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90853Group psychotherapy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90865Narcosynthesis1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96116Nubhvl xm phys/qhp 1st hr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96127Brief emotional/behav assmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96156Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96158Hlth bhv ivntj indiv 1st 300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96159Hlth bhv ivntj indiv ea addl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96164Hlth bhv ivntj grp 1st 300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96165Hlth bhv ivntj grp ea addl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96167Hlth bhv ivntj fam 1st 300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96168Hlth bhv ivntj fam ea addl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96170Hlth bhv ivntj fam wo pt 1st0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96171Hlth bhv ivntj fam w/o pt ea0 - 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

Showing 30 of 121 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

90880 is bundled into these codes

90880 appears as a Column 2 code in 20 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 90880 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0889TPrsnlz trgt dvl arhfcmrigtbs1Check pair
0890TArhfcmrigtbs 1st tx day1Check pair
0891TArhfcmrigtbs sbsq tx day1Check pair
0892TArhfcmrigtbs sbsq per tx day1Check pair
90791Psych diagnostic evaluation0Check pair
90792Psych diag eval w/med srvcs0Check pair
90839Psytx crisis initial 60 min0Check pair
90840Psytx crisis ea addl 30 min0Check pair
90867Tcranial magn stim tx plan1Check pair
90868Tcranial magn stim tx deli1Check pair
90869Tcran magn stim redetemine1Check pair
90870Electroconvulsive therapy1Check pair
90901Biofeedback train any meth1Check pair
90912Bfb training 1st 15 min1Check pair
90913Bfb training ea addl 15 min1Check 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.