P9033 Platelets leukoreduced irrad
What P9033 is
Platelets, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the P codes page for the full section.
Medicare payment for P9033 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Statutory exclusion - not payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. 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 P9033 at 12 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: CMS Workgroup. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with P9033? These codes are bundled into it
P9033 is a Column 1 code in 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
86945 | Blood product/irradiation | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9010 | Whole blood for transfusion | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9011 | Blood split unit | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9016 | Rbc leukocytes reduced | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9019 | Platelets, each unit | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9020 | Plaelet rich plasma unit | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9021 | Red blood cells unit | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9022 | Washed red blood cells unit | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9031 | Platelets leukocytes reduced | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9034 | Platelets, pheresis | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9035 | Platelet pheres leukoreduced | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9039 | Rbc deglycerolized | 1 - modifier may bypass | Check pair |
P9073 | Platelets pheresis path redu | 1 - modifier may bypass | 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.