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99498 Advncd care plan addl 30 min

What 99498 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Advncd care plan addl 30 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 99498 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.400.850.092.34$78.16
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.400.410.091.90$63.46

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 99498 at 3 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.

Billed with 99498? These codes are bundled into it

99498 is a Column 1 code in 16 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
0469TRta polarize scan oc scr bi0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
93792Pt/caregiver traing home inr1 - modifier may 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
94004Vent mgmt nf per day0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
94660Cpap initiation&mgmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99091Collj & interpj data ea 30 d0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99172Ocular function screen1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99173Visual acuity screen1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99174Ocular instrumnt screen bil1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99177Ocular instrumnt screen bil1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99474Self-meas bp 2 readg bid 30d0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

99498 is bundled into these codes

99498 appears as a Column 2 code in 73 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 99498 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0395THdr elctr ntrst/ntrcv brchtx0Check 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
77317Brachytx isodose intermed1Check 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.