92979 Endoluminl ivus oct c ea
What 92979 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Endoluminl ivus oct c ea.
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Medicare payment for 92979 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 92979 at 2 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: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 92979? These codes are bundled into it
92979 is a Column 1 code in 21 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
36500 | Insertion of catheter vein | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
36591 | Draw blood off venous device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
36592 | Collect blood from picc | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
75893 | Venous sampling by catheter | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93000 | Electrocardiogram complete | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93005 | Electrocardiogram tracing | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93010 | Electrocardiogram report | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93040 | Rhythm ecg with report | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93041 | Rhythm ecg tracing | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93042 | Rhythm ecg report | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93050 | Art pressure waveform analys | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99155 | Mod sed oth phys/qhp <5 yrs | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99156 | Mod sed oth phys/qhp 5/>yrs | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99157 | Mod sed other phys/qhp ea | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99446 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-10 | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99447 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-20 | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99448 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-30 | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99449 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/> | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99451 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/> | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
99452 | Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check 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.