G0269 Occlusive device in vein art

What G0269 is

Placement of occlusive device into either a venous or arterial access site, post surgical or interventional procedure (e.g., angioseal plug, vascular plug)

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

Medicare payment for G0269 (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Bundled - payment is always bundled into another service. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps G0269 at 0 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: CMS Policy. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with G0269? These codes are bundled into it

G0269 is a Column 1 code in 9 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.

G0269 is bundled into these codes

G0269 appears as a Column 2 code in 82 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, G0269 is the code that denies.

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.