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94780 Cars/bd tst inft-12mo 60 min

What 94780 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Cars/bd tst inft-12mo 60 min.

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 94780 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.481.140.031.65$55.11
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.480.100.030.61$20.37

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 94780 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 94780? These codes are bundled into it

94780 is a Column 1 code in 50 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
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93000Electrocardiogram complete1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93005Electrocardiogram tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93010Electrocardiogram report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93015Cv stress test supvj i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93040Rhythm ecg with report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93041Rhythm ecg tracing1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93042Rhythm ecg report1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94760N-invas ear/pls oximetry 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94761N-invas ear/pls oximetry mlt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
94762N-invas ear/pls oximtry cont1 - 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 50 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

94780 is bundled into these codes

94780 appears as a Column 2 code in 16 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 94780 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
99291Critical care first hour0Check pair
99292Critical care addl 30 min0Check pair
99466Ped crit care transport0Check pair
99467Ped crit care transport addl0Check pair
99468Neonate crit care initial0Check pair
99469Neonate crit care subsq0Check pair
99471Ped critical care initial0Check pair
99472Ped critical care subsq0Check pair
99475Ped crit care age 2-5 init0Check pair
99476Ped crit care age 2-5 subsq0Check pair
99477Init day hosp neonate care0Check pair
99478Sbsq ic vlbw inf<1,500 gm0Check pair
99479Sbsq ic lbw inf 1,500-2,5000Check pair
99480Sbsq ic inf pbw 2,501-5,0000Check pair
99485Suprv interfacilty transport0Check 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.