93321 Doppler echo f-up/lmtd std
What 93321 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Doppler echo f-up/lmtd std.
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 93321 (CY2026)
| Work RVU | Practice expense RVU | Malpractice RVU | Total | Medicare rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-facility (office) | 0.15 | 0.60 | 0.01 | 0.76 | $25.38 |
| Facility (hospital, ASC) | 0.15 | 0.60 | 0.01 | 0.76 | $25.38 |
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: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 93321 at 1 unit 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 93321? These codes are bundled into it
93321 is a Column 1 code in 6 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
36005 | Injection ext venography | 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 |
76998 | Us guide intraop | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
93040 | Rhythm ecg with report | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
96523 | Irrig drug delivery device | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
93321 is bundled into these codes
93321 appears as a Column 2 code in 41 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 93321 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0345T | Transcath mtral vlve repair | 1 | Check pair |
0483T | Tmvi percutaneous approach | 1 | Check pair |
0484T | Tmvi transthoracic exposure | 1 | Check pair |
0515T | Insj wcs lv compl sys | 1 | Check pair |
0516T | Insj wcs lv eltrd only | 1 | Check pair |
0517T | Insj wcs lv both compnt pg | 1 | Check pair |
0518T | Rmvl pg wcs lv battery only | 1 | Check pair |
0519T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both | 1 | Check pair |
0520T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery | 1 | Check pair |
0544T | Tcat mv annulus rcnstj | 1 | Check pair |
0545T | Tcat tv annulus rcnstj | 1 | Check pair |
0643T | Tcat l ventr rstrj dev implt | 1 | Check pair |
0644T | Tcat rmvl/dblk icar mas perq | 1 | Check pair |
0645T | Tcat impltj c sins rdctj dev | 1 | Check pair |
0646T | Ttvi/rplcmt w/prstc vlv perq | 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.