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96522 Refill/maint pump/resvr syst

What 96522 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Refill/maint pump/resvr syst.

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 96522 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.213.470.073.75$125.25
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.213.470.073.75$125.25

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 96522 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: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 96522? These codes are bundled into it

96522 is a Column 1 code in 91 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
49010Exploration behind abdomen0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
77402Radiation tx delivery lvl 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77407Radiation tx delivery lvl 21 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77412Radiation tx delivery lvl 31 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
77423Neutron beam tx complex1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
95990Spin/brain pump refil & main1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
95991Spin/brain pump refil & main1 - 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
992211st hosp ip/obs sf/low 401 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
992221st hosp ip/obs moderate 551 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
992231st hosp ip/obs high 751 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99231Sbsq hosp ip/obs sf/low 250 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99232Sbsq hosp ip/obs moderate 350 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99233Sbsq hosp ip/obs high 500 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99234Hosp ip/obs sm dt sf/low 451 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99235Hosp ip/obs same date mod 701 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99236Hosp ip/obs same date hi 851 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99238Hosp ip/obs dschrg mgmt 30/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99239Hosp ip/obs dschrg mgmt >301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 91 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

96522 is bundled into these codes

96522 appears as a Column 2 code in 41 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 96522 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1Check pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1Check pair
36260Insertion of infusion pump1Check pair
36261Revision of infusion pump1Check pair
36560Insert tunneled cv cath1Check pair
36561Insert tunneled cv cath1Check pair
36563Insert tunneled cv cath1Check pair
36566Insert tunneled cv cath1Check pair
36570Insert picvad cath1Check pair
36571Insert picvad cath1Check pair
61215Ins subq rsvr pmp/nfs sys1Check pair
62324Njx interlaminar crv/thrc1Check pair
62325Njx interlaminar crv/thrc1Check pair
62326Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac1Check pair
62327Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac1Check 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.