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95970 Alys npgt w/o prgrmg

What 95970 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Alys npgt w/o prgrmg.

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 95970 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.350.210.030.59$19.71
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.350.100.030.48$16.03

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 95970 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 95970? These codes are bundled into it

95970 is a Column 1 code in 8 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
0587TPerq impltj/rplcmt isdns ptn0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0588TRevision/removal isdns ptn0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0589TElec alys smpl prgrmg iins0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0590TElec alys cplx prgrmg iins0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0912TElec alys nstim sys vgs smpl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

95970 is bundled into these codes

95970 appears as a Column 2 code in 59 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 95970 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0446TInsj impltbl glucose sensor1Check pair
0447TRmvl impltbl glucose sensor1Check pair
0448TRemvl insj impltbl gluc sens1Check pair
0788TElec aly smp iins sp/sac nrv0Check pair
0789TElec aly cpx iins sp/sac nrv0Check pair
0816TOpn insj/rplcmt ins ptn subq0Check pair
0817TOpn insj/rplcmt ins ptn subf0Check pair
0818TRevj/rmvl ins ptn subq0Check pair
0819TRevj/rmvl ins ptn subf0Check pair
0908TOpn imp int nstm sys vgs nrv1Check pair
0909TRplcmt int nstim sys vgs nrv1Check pair
0910TRmvl int nstim sys vagus nrv1Check pair
33276Insj phrnc nrv stim sys1Check pair
33280Rmvl phrnc nrv stim pg only1Check pair
33287Rmv&rplcmt phrnc nrv stim pg1Check 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.