93150 Therapy activation ipnss
What 93150 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Therapy activation ipnss.
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 93150 (CY2026)
| Work RVU | Practice expense RVU | Malpractice RVU | Total | Medicare rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-facility (office) | 0.83 | 2.42 | 0.07 | 3.32 | $110.89 |
| Facility (hospital, ASC) | 0.83 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 1.09 | $36.41 |
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.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 93150 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 93150? These codes are bundled into it
93150 is a Column 1 code in 9 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
35241 | Rpr blvsl vn grf ntrthrc w/b | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
35246 | Rpr blvsl vn grf ntrthrc w/o | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
35251 | Rpr blvsl vn grf intra-abdl | 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 |
93151 | Interrog&prgrmg ipnss | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
93152 | Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
93153 | Interrog w/o prgrmg ipnss | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
93150 is bundled into these codes
93150 appears as a Column 2 code in 15 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 93150 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
33276 | Insj phrnc nrv stim sys | 0 | Check pair |
33277 | Insj phrnc nrv stim transvns | 0 | Check pair |
33278 | Rmvl phrnc nrv stim sys | 0 | Check pair |
33279 | Rmvl phrnc nrv stim transvns | 0 | Check pair |
33280 | Rmvl phrnc nrv stim pg only | 0 | Check pair |
33281 | Reposg phrnc nrv stim trnsvn | 0 | Check pair |
35231 | Repair blvsl vn grf neck | 1 | Check pair |
35236 | Repair blvsl vn grf uxtr | 1 | Check pair |
35256 | Repair blvsl vn grf lxtr | 1 | Check pair |
35261 | Rpr blvsl grf oth/thn vn nck | 1 | Check pair |
35266 | Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn uxtr | 1 | Check pair |
35271 | Rpr blvs gr ot/th vn ntrth w | 1 | Check pair |
35276 | Rpr blvs gr ot/t vn ntrth wo | 1 | Check pair |
35281 | Rpr blvsl gr ot/th vn ntr-ab | 1 | Check pair |
35286 | Rpr blvsl grf oth/th vn lxtr | 1 | 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.