93603 Right ventricular recording
What 93603 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Right ventricular recording.
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 93603 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Carrier-priced - the Medicare contractor sets the price. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 93603 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: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 93603? These codes are bundled into it
93603 is a Column 1 code in 273 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
00410 | Anes integ sys conv arrhyt | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00537 | Anes cardiac ep procedures | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0213T | Njx paravert w/us cer/thor | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0216T | Njx paravert w/us lumb/sac | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
0596T | Temp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0597T | Temp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0632T | Perq tcat us abltj nrv p-art | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0708T | Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0709T | Id ca immntx each addl njx | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0903T | Ecg alg 12 lead reduced i&r | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0904T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
0905T | Ecg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12001 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12002 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12004 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trk7.6-12.5cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12005 | Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk12.6-20.0cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12006 | Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk20.1-30.0cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12007 | Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12011 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12013 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.6-5.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12014 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 5.1-7.5 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12015 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 7.6-12.5 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12016 | Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 12.6-20.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12017 | Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 20.1-30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12018 | Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m >30.0 cm | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12020 | Tx supfc wnd dehsn smpl clsr | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12021 | Tx supfc wnd dehsn w/packing | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12031 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 2.5 cm/< | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12032 | Intmd rpr s/a/t/ext 2.6-7.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
12034 | Intmd rpr s/tr/ext 7.6-12.5 | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 273 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
93603 is bundled into these codes
93603 appears as a Column 2 code in 62 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 93603 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0408T | Insj/rplc cardiac modulj sys | 1 | Check pair |
0409T | Insj/rplc car modulj pls gn | 1 | Check pair |
0410T | Insj/rplc car modulj atr elt | 1 | Check pair |
0411T | Insj/rplc car modulj vnt elt | 1 | Check pair |
0414T | Rmvl & rpl car modulj pls gn | 0 | Check pair |
0415T | Repos car modulj tranvns elt | 0 | 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 |
0519T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv both | 0 | Check pair |
0520T | Rmv&rplcmt pg wcs lv battery | 1 | Check pair |
0571T | Insj/rplcmt icds ss eltrd | 0 | Check pair |
0572T | Insertion ss dfb electrode | 1 | Check pair |
0574T | Repos prev ss impl dfb eltrd | 0 | Check pair |
0614T | Rmvl&rplcmt ss impl dfb pg | 0 | 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.