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90966 Esrd home pt serv p mo 20+

What 90966 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Esrd home pt serv p mo 20+.

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 90966 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)5.523.410.369.29$310.29
Facility (hospital, ASC)5.523.410.369.29$310.29

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 90966 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 90966? These codes are bundled into it

90966 is a Column 1 code in 163 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
0407U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0591THlth&wb coaching indiv 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0592THlth&wb coaching indiv f-up1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0593THlth&wb coaching group1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90952Esrd serv 2-3 vsts p mo <2yr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90953Esrd serv 1 visit p mo <2yrs0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90962Esrd serv 1 visit p mo 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90967Esrd svc pr day pt <20 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90968Esrd svc pr day pt 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90969Esrd svc pr day pt 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90970Esrd svc pr day pt 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96160Pt-focused hlth risk assmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96161Caregiver health risk assmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97802Medical nutrition indiv in0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97803Med nutrition indiv subseq0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97804Medical nutrition group0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
98000Synch audio-video new sf 151 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98001Synch audio-video new low 301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98002Synch audio-video new mod 451 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98003Synch audio-video new hi 601 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98004Synch audio-video est sf 101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98005Synch audio-video est low 201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98006Synch audio-video est mod 301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98007Synch audio-video est hi 401 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98008Synch audio-only new sf 151 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98009Synch audio-only new low 301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98010Synch audio-only new mod 451 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 163 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

90966 is bundled into these codes

90966 appears as a Column 2 code in 20 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 90966 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0876TDuplex scan hemo fstl lmtd0Check pair
90951Esrd serv 4 visits p mo <2yr0Check pair
90954Esrd serv 4 vsts p mo 2-110Check pair
90955Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 2-110Check pair
90956Esrd srv 1 visit p mo 2-110Check pair
90957Esrd srv 4 vsts p mo 12-190Check pair
90958Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 12-190Check pair
90959Esrd serv 1 vst p mo 12-190Check pair
90960Esrd srv 4 visits p mo 20+0Check pair
90961Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 20+0Check pair
90963Esrd home pt serv p mo <2yrs0Check pair
90964Esrd home pt serv p mo 2-110Check pair
90965Esrd home pt serv p mo 12-190Check pair
99425Prin care mgmt phys ea addl0Check pair
99437Chrnc care mgmt phys 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.