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CPT 0472T

Contractor-priced

0472T · PFS Q2 2020 · Historical

No national PFS rate in Q2 2020

Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.

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CPT 0472T has no published national rate. It carries status C (carrier-priced) in the Q2 2020 release. Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

PFS status evidence

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Code
0472T
Release
Q2 2020, revision 1
Result
Contractor-priced

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (C). Result: Contractor-priced.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q2 2020 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: April 1 – June 30, 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_APR.csv in rvu20b-updated-05012020.zip (row 5,439)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    0472T
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    C

    SHA-256: 672d21e247262386ad5b386092de9835fecec65fabbeaae050718f9afeef097b

    Original source file

Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for 0472T?

Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced). Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.

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Other payment indicators (9)

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, Global surgery: Does not apply, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply.

Why would a Medicare claim for 0472T 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.

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what 0472T's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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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.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.

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Source & method

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Contractor amounts come from the MAC-published schedules and effective dates shown above. The PFS file shows this code is priced by the contractor. Past releases are never edited, so these sources stay valid after CMS publishes a newer one. Our methodology explains sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before we publish them.

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CPT 0472T National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q2 2020; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/0472T/2020/B