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P9039 Rbc deglycerolized

What P9039 is

Red blood cells, deglycerolized, each unit

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

Medicare payment for P9039 (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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps P9039 at 2 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 P9039? These codes are bundled into it

P9039 is a Column 1 code in 6 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
86930Frozen blood prep1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
86931Frozen blood thaw1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
86932Frozen blood freeze/thaw1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
P9010Whole blood for transfusion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
P9016Rbc leukocytes reduced1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
P9021Red blood cells unit1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

P9039 is bundled into these codes

P9039 appears as a Column 2 code in 8 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, P9039 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
P9011Blood split unit0Check pair
P9022Washed red blood cells unit1Check pair
P9032Platelets, irradiated1Check pair
P9033Platelets leukoreduced irrad1Check pair
P9036Platelet pheresis irradiated1Check pair
P9037Plate pheres leukoredu irrad1Check pair
P9038Rbc irradiated1Check pair
P9040Rbc leukoreduced irradiated1Check 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.