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94690 O2 uptk rest indirect

What 94690 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: O2 uptk rest indirect.

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 94690 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.071.480.021.57$52.44
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.071.480.021.57$52.44

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 94690 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 94690? These codes are bundled into it

94690 is a Column 1 code in 57 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
0543TTa mv rpr w/artif chord tend1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0544TTcat mv annulus rcnstj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0569TTtvr perq appr 1st prosth1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0570TTtvr perq ea addl prosth1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0571TInsj/rplcmt icds ss eltrd1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0572TInsertion ss dfb electrode1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0573TRemoval ss dfb electrode1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0574TRepos prev ss impl dfb eltrd1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0580TRmvl ss impl dfb pg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0581TAbltj mal brst tum perq crtx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0655TTprnl focal abltj mal prst81 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
66987Xcapsl ctrc rmvl cplx w/ecp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
66988Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/ecp1 - 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
99213Office o/p est low 20 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99214Office o/p est mod 30 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99215Office o/p est hi 40 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99281Emr dpt vst mayx req phy/qhp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99282Emergency dept visit sf mdm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99283Emergency dept visit low mdm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99284Emergency dept visit mod mdm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99285Emergency dept visit hi mdm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 57 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

94690 is bundled into these codes

94690 appears as a Column 2 code in 6040 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 94690 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
00100Anes px salivary gland w/bx1Check pair
00102Anes px plstc rpr cleft lip1Check pair
00103Anes rcnstv px eyelid1Check pair
00104Anes electroconvulsive ther1Check pair
00120Anes px ear w/bx nos1Check pair
00124Anes px ear otoscopy1Check pair
00126Anes px ear tympanotomy1Check pair
00140Anes procedures on eye nos1Check pair
00142Anes px on eye lens surgery1Check pair
00144Anes px eye corneal trnspl1Check pair
00145Anes px eye vitreortnl surg1Check pair
00147Anes px on eye iridectomy1Check pair
00148Anes px eye ophthalmoscopy1Check pair
00160Anes px nose&sinus nos1Check pair
00162Anes px nose&sinus rad surg1Check 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.