99417 Prolng op e/m each 15 min

What 99417 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Prolng op e/m each 15 min.

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 99417 (CY2026)

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: Not valid for Medicare purposes. Global period: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 99417 at 6 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.

99417 is bundled into these codes

99417 appears as a Column 2 code in 9 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 99417 is the code that denies.

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.