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99487 Cplx chrnc care 1st 60 min

What 99487 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Cplx chrnc care 1st 60 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 99487 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.812.380.134.32$144.29
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.810.430.132.37$79.16

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 99487 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 99487? These codes are bundled into it

99487 is a Column 1 code in 158 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
0362TBhv id suprt assmt ea 15 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0373TAdapt bhv tx ea 15 min1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0469TRta polarize scan oc scr bi0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0488TDiabetes prev online/elec0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
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 inr0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93793Anticoag mgmt pt warfarin0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94002Vent mgmt inpat init day0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94003Vent mgmt inpat subq day0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 158 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

99487 is bundled into these codes

99487 appears as a Column 2 code in 107 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 99487 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0395THdr elctr ntrst/ntrcv brchtx0Check pair
0944T3d cntr simula trgt lvr les1Check pair
77261Ther radiology tx plng smpl1Check pair
77262Ther radiology tx plng intrm1Check pair
77263Ther radiology tx plng cplx1Check pair
77280Ther rad simulaj field smpl1Check pair
77285Ther rad simulaj field intrm1Check pair
77290Ther rad simulaj field cplx1Check pair
77293Respirator motion mgmt simul1Check pair
772953-d radiotherapy plan1Check pair
77300Radiation therapy dose plan1Check pair
77301Radiotherapy dose plan imrt1Check pair
77306Telethx isodose plan simple1Check pair
77307Telethx isodose plan cplx1Check pair
77316Brachytx isodose plan simple1Check 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.