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95962 Electrode stim brain add-on

What 95962 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Electrode stim brain add-on.

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 95962 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.215.650.369.22$307.96
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.215.650.369.22$307.96

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 95962 at 5 units 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 95962? These codes are bundled into it

95962 is a Column 1 code in 11 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
95940Ionm in operatng room 15 min1 - 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
G0453Cont intraop neuro monitor1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

95962 is bundled into these codes

95962 appears as a Column 2 code in 16 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 95962 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
61534Removal of brain lesion0Check pair
61535Remove brain electrodes0Check pair
61536Removal of brain lesion0Check pair
61537Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61538Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61539Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61540Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61541Incision of brain tissue0Check pair
61543Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61566Removal of brain tissue0Check pair
61567Incision of brain tissue0Check pair
61850Implant neuroelectrodes0Check pair
61860Implant neuroelectrodes0Check pair
95782Polysom <6 yrs 4/> paramtrs1Check pair
95808Polysom any age 1-3> param1Check 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.