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95886 Musc test done w/n test comp

What 95886 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Musc test done w/n test comp.

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 95886 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.842.120.032.99$99.87
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.842.120.032.99$99.87

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 95886 at 4 units 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 95886? These codes are bundled into it

95886 is a Column 1 code in 12 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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
95873Guide nerv destr elec stim1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
95874Guide nerv destr needle emg1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
95885Musc tst done w/nerv tst lim1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-100 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-200 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-300 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

95886 is bundled into these codes

95886 appears as a Column 2 code in 7 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 95886 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
95860Needle emg 1 extremity0Check pair
95861Needle emg 2 extremities0Check pair
95863Needle emg 3 extremities0Check pair
95864Needle emg 4 extremities0Check pair
95870Ndl emg lmtd std musc 1 xtr0Check pair
95905Motor &/ sens nrve cndj test1Check pair
96002Dynamic surface emg0Check 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.