`98941` Chiropract manj 3-4 regions

What 98941 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Chiropract manj 3-4 regions.

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 98941 (CY2026)

	Work RVU	Practice expense RVU	Malpractice RVU	Total	Medicare rate
Non-facility (office)	0.69	0.45	0.01	1.15	$38.41
Facility (hospital, ASC)	0.69	0.14	0.01	0.84	$28.06

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.

Adjust for a Medicare locality:

Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply (endoscopic or minor procedure: global period is the day of the procedure).

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 98941 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 98941? These codes are bundled into it

98941 is a Column 1 code in 143 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 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`00640`	Anes spine manipulation	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`36591`	Draw blood off venous device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`36592`	Collect blood from picc	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64461`	Pvb thoracic single inj site	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64462`	Pvb thoracic 2nd+ inj site	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64463`	Pvb thoracic cont infusion	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64466`	Thrc fascial pln blk uni njx	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64467`	Thrc fascial pln blk uni nfs	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64468`	Thrc fascial pln blk bi njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`64469`	Thrc fascial pln blk bi nfs	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`64473`	Lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`64474`	Lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni nfs	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`64486`	Tap block unil by injection	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64487`	Tap block uni by infusion	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64488`	Tap block bi injection	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`64489`	Tap block bi by infusion	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`92012`	Intrm oph exam est patient	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`92014`	Compre oph exam est pt 1/>	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`95851`	Range of motion measurements	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`95852`	Range of motion measurements	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`96361`	Hydrate iv infusion add-on	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96366`	Ther/proph/diag iv inf addon	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96367`	Tx/proph/dg addl seq iv inf	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96368`	Ther/diag concurrent inf	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96523`	Irrig drug delivery device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`97112`	Neuromuscular reeducation	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`97124`	Massage therapy	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`97140`	Manual therapy 1/> regions	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`97161`	Pt eval low complex 20 min	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`97162`	Pt eval mod complex 30 min	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair

Showing 30 of 143 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

98941 is bundled into these codes

98941 appears as a Column 2 code in 4 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 98941 is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description
`22505`	Manipulation of spine	Check pair
`98925`	Osteopath manj 1-2 regions	Check pair
`98926`	Osteopath manj 3-4 regions	Check pair
`98942`	Chiropractic manj 5 regions	Check 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.