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93296 Rem interrog evl pm/ids

What 93296 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rem interrog evl pm/ids.

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 93296 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.000.940.010.95$31.73
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.000.940.010.95$31.73

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 93296 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 93296? These codes are bundled into it

93296 is a Column 1 code in 61 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
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
0934TRem mntr wrls l atr prs snr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0937TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0938TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d rec1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0939TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d scan1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0940TXtrnl ecg rec>15d<30d r&i1 - modifier may 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
93224Xtrnl ecg rec up to 48 hrs1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93225Xtrnl ecg rec<48 hrs rec1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 61 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

93296 is bundled into these codes

93296 appears as a Column 2 code in 79 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 93296 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0515TInsj wcs lv compl sys1Check pair
0516TInsj wcs lv eltrd only1Check pair
0517TInsj wcs lv both compnt pg1Check pair
0518TRmvl pg wcs lv battery only1Check pair
0519TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both1Check pair
0520TRmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery1Check pair
0521TInterrog dev eval wcs ip0Check pair
0525TInsj/rplcmt compl iims1Check pair
0526TInsj/rplcmt iims eltrd only1Check pair
0527TInsj/rplcmt iims implt mntr1Check pair
0529TInterrog dev eval iims ip1Check pair
0530TRemoval complete iims1Check pair
0531TRemoval iims electrode only1Check pair
0532TRemoval iims implt mntr only1Check pair
0614TRmvl&rplcmt ss impl dfb pg1Check 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.