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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 RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.150.600.010.76$25.38
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.150.600.010.76$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.

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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 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
36005Injection ext venography1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
76998Us guide intraop1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93040Rhythm ecg with report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck 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 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0345TTranscath mtral vlve repair1Check pair
0483TTmvi percutaneous approach1Check pair
0484TTmvi transthoracic exposure1Check pair
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
0544TTcat mv annulus rcnstj1Check pair
0545TTcat tv annulus rcnstj1Check pair
0643TTcat l ventr rstrj dev implt1Check pair
0644TTcat rmvl/dblk icar mas perq1Check pair
0645TTcat impltj c sins rdctj dev1Check pair
0646TTtvi/rplcmt w/prstc vlv perq1Check 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.