CPT 0446T
Contractor-priced
0446T · PFS Q4 2020 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q4 2020
Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
Not at a published national rate. CPT 0446T carries status C (carrier-priced) in the Q4 2020 release. Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.
PFS status evidence
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- Code
- 0446T
- Release
- Q4 2020, revision 1
- Result
- Contractor-priced
Citations
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Establishes the PFS status (C) and the resulting pathway for this code: contractor-priced.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)Q4 2020 · revision 1
Latest revision of this release
Release period: October 1 – December 31, 2020
This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.
Record details
PPRRVU20_OCT.csv in rvu20d-updated-11232020.zip (row 5,473)- hcpcs (col 1)
- 0446T
- modifier (col 2)
- blank
- status_code (col 4)
- C
SHA-256: 504fd19a9bc1d2eeebb290adac2d7de6c56d4e86cde7532df1862fe42494d319
Why is there no national PFS amount for 0446T?
Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced). Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. Carrier-priced: no national payment amount.
Payment considerations Copy link
Review the applicable inputs and payment rules. Each link opens the supporting detail on this page.
Other payment indicators (8)
Facility/non-facility: Not determined, Professional/technical component: Does not apply, Bilateral adjustment: Does not apply, Multiple-procedure reduction: Does not apply, Assistant/co-surgeon treatment: Does not apply, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply.
Reconciling a contractor-priced payment for 0446T Copy link
There is no national allowed amount for 0446T, so every reconciliation of this line runs against the MAC fee schedule that was in force for the date of service rather than against a national baseline.
What to reconcile
- Compare the paid amount against the MAC fee schedule in force for the date of service; there is no national allowed amount here to reconcile against.
- Ask the MAC which global period it assigned: the contractor sets the follow-up window for this code, so whether a post-operative visit should have paid depends on the contractor that priced it.
- Reprice the line against the release, locality, setting, modifier and participation status that applied to the date of service before treating any difference as an underpayment.
Nearby payment lines
National Q4 2020 amounts at GPCI 1.000. A blank means this schedule does not publish a payable PFS amount.
No comparison lines are present in this release.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files; CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files (status indicator field); CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04).
Global period: what 0446T's fee already covers Copy link
Your Medicare Administrative Contractor decides whether a global period applies and sets its length when it prices the code. The result is 0, 10, or 90 days.
Can you bill it with another code? Copy link
Enter a second CPT or HCPCS code billed on the same date of service. We'll check the current NCCI procedure-to-procedure edit between it and 0446T.
Common payment questions Copy link
Why would a Medicare claim for 0446T be denied or paid less?
These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.
- Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced)—Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. See status indicators
Payer-specific coverage and documentation rules live outside these files, so a claim that clears every check here can still be denied on other grounds.
When does this rate change?
CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. See what changed each release, or get an email when a new release moves rates.
The 0446T rate last moved in Q1 2026. See its rate history.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.
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This citation identifies the source release, so its evidence remains reproducible after a newer release lands.
CPT 0446T National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q4 2020; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/0446T/2020/D