`C8931`

What C8931 is

Magnetic resonance angiography with contrast, spinal canal and contents

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

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps C8931 at 1 unit 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: Nature of Service/Procedure. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with C8931? These codes are bundled into it

C8931 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
`01916`	Anes dx arteriography/vngrph	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`0694T`	3d vol img&rcnstj brst/ax	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`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
`72141`	Mri neck spine w/o dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72142`	Mri neck spine w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72146`	Mri chest spine w/o dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72147`	Mri chest spine w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72148`	Mri lumbar spine w/o dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72149`	Mri lumbar spine w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72156`	Mri neck spine w/o & w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72157`	Mri chest spine w/o & w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72158`	Mri lumbar spine w/o & w/dye	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`72159`	Mr angio spine w/o&w/dye	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`76000`	Fluoroscopy <1 hr phys/qhp	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`76376`	3d render w/intrp postproces	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`76377`	3d render w/intrp postproces	0 - no modifier bypass	Check pair
`76942`	Echo guide for biopsy	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`76998`	Us guide intraop	1 - modifier may bypass	Check pair
`77002`	Needle localization by xray	1 - modifier may 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

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

C8931 is bundled into these codes

C8931 appears as a Column 2 code in 1 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, C8931 is the code that denies.

Column 1 code	Short description	Modifier indicator
`C8933`		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.