`C8928`

What C8928 is

Transthoracic echocardiography with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2d), includes m-mode recording, when performed, during rest and cardiovascular stress test using treadmill, bicycle exercise and/or pharmacologically induced stress, with interpretation and report

HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the C codes page for the full section.

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps C8928 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with C8928? These codes are bundled into it

C8928 is a Column 1 code in 35 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
`0708T`	Id ca immntx prep & 1st njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`0709T`	Id ca immntx each addl njx	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`36000`	Place needle in vein	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`36005`	Injection ext venography	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`36410`	Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther	1 - modifier may 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
`76998`	Us guide intraop	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93040`	Rhythm ecg with report	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93041`	Rhythm ecg tracing	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93042`	Rhythm ecg report	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93306`	Tte w/doppler complete	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93307`	Tte w/o doppler complete	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93308`	Tte f-up or lmtd	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93312`	Echo transesophageal	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93313`	Echo transesophageal	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93314`	Echo transesophageal	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`93318`	Echo transesophageal intraop	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`93350`	Stress tte only	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`93351`	Stress tte complete	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`94761`	N-invas ear/pls oximetry mlt	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`96360`	Hydration iv infusion init	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96365`	Ther/proph/diag iv inf init	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96372`	Ther/proph/diag inj sc/im	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96374`	Ther/proph/diag inj iv push	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96375`	Tx/pro/dx inj new drug addon	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96376`	Tx/pro/dx inj same drug adon	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96377`	Applicaton on-body injector	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`96523`	Irrig drug delivery device	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`C8923`		1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair

Showing 30 of 35 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

C8928 is bundled into these codes

C8928 appears as a Column 2 code in 1 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, C8928 is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`93355`	Echo transesophageal (tee)	0	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.