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93272 Ecg/review interpret only

What 93272 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Ecg/review interpret only.

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 93272 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.510.180.020.71$23.71
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.510.180.020.71$23.71

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 93272 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 93272? These codes are bundled into it

93272 is a Column 1 code in 56 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
0571TInsj/rplcmt icds ss eltrd0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0572TInsertion ss dfb electrode0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0573TRemoval ss dfb electrode0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0574TRepos prev ss impl dfb eltrd0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0575TPrgrmg dev eval icds ss ip0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0576TInterrog dev eval icds ss ip0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0577TEphys eval icds ss0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0578TRem interrog dev icds phys0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0579TRem interrog dev icds tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0580TRmvl ss impl dfb pg only0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0733TRem r-t mtn nrehab ther sply0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0734TRem r-t mtn nrehab tx mgmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0897TN-invas augmnt arrhyt alys1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0937TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0938TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d rec0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0939TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d scan0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0940TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d r&i0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93000Electrocardiogram complete1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93005Electrocardiogram tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93010Electrocardiogram report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93040Rhythm ecg with report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93041Rhythm ecg tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93042Rhythm ecg report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93228Remote 30 day ecg rev/report0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93229Remote 30 day ecg tech supp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 56 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

93272 is bundled into these codes

93272 appears as a Column 2 code in 45 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 93272 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0417TPrgrmg eval cardiac modulj0Check pair
0418TInterro eval cardiac modulj0Check pair
0521TInterrog dev eval wcs ip0Check pair
0522TPrgrmg dev eval wcs ip0Check pair
0525TInsj/rplcmt compl iims1Check pair
0526TInsj/rplcmt iims eltrd only1Check pair
0527TInsj/rplcmt iims implt mntr1Check pair
0528TPrgrmg dev eval iims ip1Check pair
0650TPrgrmg dev eval scrms remote0Check pair
0696TBdy surf mapg pm/cvdfb f/up1Check pair
0926TPrgrmg dev eval ccm-d ip1Check pair
0927TInterrog dev eval ccm-d ip1Check pair
0928TRem interrog dev ccm-d phys0Check pair
0929TRem interrog dev ccm-d tech0Check pair
0934TRem mntr wrls l atr prs snr1Check 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.