CPT 0678T
Contractor-priced
0678T · PFS Q4 2025 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q4 2025
Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
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CPT 0678T has no published national rate. It carries status C (carrier-priced) in the Q4 2025 release. Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.
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- Code
- 0678T
- Release
- Q4 2025, revision 1
- Result
- Contractor-priced
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Shows this code’s PFS status (C). Result: Contractor-priced.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)Q4 2025 · revision 1
Latest revision of this release
Release period: October 1 – December 31, 2025
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
PPRRVU2025_Oct.csv in rvu25d-updated-09-11-2025.zip (row 658)- hcpcs (col 1)
- 0678T
- modifier (col 2)
- blank
- status_code (col 4)
- C
SHA-256: 8af460f38bf982b79b07269fbc8b7256a8ef3bd3aa025a9c5cb71c1e52523c56
Why is there no national PFS amount for 0678T?
Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced). Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
Payment considerations Copy link
Here are the inputs and payment rules that apply to this code. Each link takes you to the detail below.
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, Global surgery: Not determined, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply.
Why would a Medicare claim for 0678T 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
- Bilateral surgery: no bilateral adjustment. See billing policy
- Assistant at surgery: never separately payable. See billing policy
- Co-surgeons: not permitted. See billing policy
- Team surgery: not permitted. See billing policy
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.
Reconciling a contractor-priced payment for 0678T Copy link
There is no national allowed amount for 0678T, 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 check
- 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.
- Reconcile this line together with the primary procedure on the same claim—it is an add-on that is never billed alone and carries no global period of its own.
- Expect an assistant-at-surgery denial here rather than appealing it—a -80 or -AS line on this procedure is never separately payable.
- 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.
Codes to compare
National Q4 2025 amounts at GPCI 1.000. A blank means this schedule does not publish a payable PFS amount.
None of the comparison codes are 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); 42 USC 1395w-4(i)(2) (SSA §1848(i)(2))—Assistants-at-surgery.
Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link
Global period: what 0678T's fee already covers Copy link
This code is always billed alongside another service and carries no follow-up period of its own. The primary procedure's global period governs; this indicator does not determine whether either line is payable.
Billing policy Copy link
These billing-policy indicators explain how 0678T is treated. They apply whether the code is nationally priced or carrier-priced: a restriction like "bilateral not allowed" still matters on a carrier-priced code.
| Policy | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Bilateral surgery | 0 | No bilateral adjustment. The 150% bilateral payment adjustment does not apply to this procedure. |
| Assistant at surgery | 1 | Never separately payable. An assistant at surgery may never be separately paid for this procedure—a statutory restriction. |
| Co-surgeons | 0 | Not permitted. Medicare does not recognize co-surgeons (modifier 62) for this procedure. |
| Team surgery | 0 | Not permitted. Medicare does not recognize a surgical team (modifier 66) for this procedure. |
| Multiple procedures | 0 | No reduction. No multiple-procedure reduction applies when this procedure is billed with others on the same date; each is paid at its full fee schedule amount. |
| Professional/technical split | 0 | No PC/TC split. This is a physician service code; the professional/technical split does not apply, and the code is billed as a single service. |
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How has it changed? Copy link
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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CPT 0678T National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q4 2025; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/0678T/2025/D