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99439 Chrnc care mgmt staf ea addl

What 99439 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Chrnc care mgmt staf ea addl.

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 99439 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.700.760.051.51$50.44
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.700.170.050.92$30.73

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: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 99439 at 2 units 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 99439? These codes are bundled into it

99439 is a Column 1 code in 58 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
90951Esrd serv 4 visits p mo <2yr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90952Esrd serv 2-3 vsts p mo <2yr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90953Esrd serv 1 visit p mo <2yrs0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90954Esrd serv 4 vsts p mo 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90955Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90956Esrd srv 1 visit p mo 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90957Esrd srv 4 vsts p mo 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90958Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90959Esrd serv 1 vst p mo 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90960Esrd srv 4 visits p mo 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90961Esrd srv 2-3 vsts p mo 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90962Esrd serv 1 visit p mo 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90963Esrd home pt serv p mo <2yrs0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90964Esrd home pt serv p mo 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90965Esrd home pt serv p mo 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90966Esrd home pt serv p mo 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90967Esrd svc pr day pt <20 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90968Esrd svc pr day pt 2-110 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90969Esrd svc pr day pt 12-190 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
90970Esrd svc pr day pt 20+0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93792Pt/caregiver traing home inr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
93793Anticoag mgmt pt warfarin1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98960Edu&trn pt self-mgmt nqhp 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98961Edu&trn pt slf-mgmt nqhp 2-41 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98962Edu&trn pt slf-mgmt nqhp 5-81 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98966Ph1 assmt&mgmt nqhp 5-101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98967Ph1 assmt&mgmt nqhp 11-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98968Ph1 assmt&mgmt nqhp 21-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98970Nqhp ol dig assmt&mgmt 5-101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
98971Nqhp ol dig assmt&mgmt 11-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 58 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

99439 is bundled into these codes

99439 appears as a Column 2 code in 10 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 99439 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0733TRem r-t mtn nrehab ther sply0Check pair
0734TRem r-t mtn nrehab tx mgmt0Check pair
80503Path clin consltj sf 5-200Check pair
80504Path clin consltj mod 21-400Check pair
98978Rtm dev sply cbt 16-30 d0Check pair
99425Prin care mgmt phys ea addl0Check pair
99427Prin care mgmt staff ea addl0Check pair
99437Chrnc care mgmt phys ea addl0Check pair
99487Cplx chrnc care 1st 60 min0Check pair
99491Chrnc care mgmt phys 1st 300Check 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.