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94060 Evaluation of wheezing

What 94060 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Evaluation of wheezing.

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 94060 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.211.070.021.30$43.42
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.211.070.021.30$43.42

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 94060 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 94060? These codes are bundled into it

94060 is a Column 1 code in 58 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
00520Anes closed chest px nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94010Breathing capacity test0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94011Spirometry up to 2 yrs old1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94012Spirmtry w/brnchdil inf-2 yr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94150Vital capacity test1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94200Lung function test (mbc/mvv)1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94375Respiratory flow volume loop0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94640Airway inhalation treatment1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94664Demo&/eval pt use inhaler1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94728Airwy resist by oscillometry0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96360Hydration iv infusion init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96365Ther/proph/diag iv inf init1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96372Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96374Ther/proph/diag inj iv push1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96375Tx/pro/dx inj new drug addon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96376Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96377Applicaton on-body injector1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99202Office o/p new sf 15 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99203Office o/p new low 30 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99204Office o/p new mod 45 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99205Office o/p new hi 60 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99211Off/op est may x req phy/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99212Office o/p est sf 10 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 58 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

94060 is bundled into these codes

94060 appears as a Column 2 code in 6 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 94060 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
94070Evaluation of wheezing1Check pair
94617Exercise tst brncspsm w/ecg1Check pair
94621Cardiopulm exercise testing1Check pair
G0237Therapeutic procd strg endur1Check pair
G0238Oth resp proc, indiv1Check pair
G0239Oth resp proc, group1Check 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.