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96369 Sc ther infusion up to 1 hr

What 96369 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Sc ther infusion up to 1 hr.

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 96369 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.214.100.034.34$144.96
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.214.100.034.34$144.96

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: Global concept does not apply.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 96369 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 96369? These codes are bundled into it

96369 is a Column 1 code in 36 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
64450Njx aa&/strd other pn/branch1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64454Njx aa&/strd gnclr nrv brnch1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64473Lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64474Lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni nfs1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64486Tap block unil by injection1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64487Tap block uni by infusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64488Tap block bi injection1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64489Tap block bi by infusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96372Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96377Applicaton on-body injector1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96401Chemo anti-neopl sq/im1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96402Chemo hormon antineopl sq/im1 - 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/qhp0 - no modifier 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
99358Prolong service w/o contact1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99359Prolong serv w/o contact add1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99360Physician standby services1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99406Behav chng smoking 3-10 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99407Behav chng smoking > 10 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99418Prolng ip/obs e/m ea 15 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 36 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

96369 is bundled into these codes

96369 appears as a Column 2 code in 67 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 96369 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0395THdr elctr ntrst/ntrcv brchtx1Check pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1Check pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1Check pair
77750Infuse radioactive materials0Check pair
96405Chemo intralesional up to 71Check pair
96406Chemo intralesional over 71Check pair
992211st hosp ip/obs sf/low 401Check pair
992221st hosp ip/obs moderate 551Check pair
992231st hosp ip/obs high 751Check pair
99231Sbsq hosp ip/obs sf/low 250Check pair
99232Sbsq hosp ip/obs moderate 350Check pair
99233Sbsq hosp ip/obs high 500Check pair
99234Hosp ip/obs sm dt sf/low 451Check pair
99235Hosp ip/obs same date mod 701Check pair
99236Hosp ip/obs same date hi 851Check 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.