CPT 74263
No national payment amount
Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.
Did Medicare pay separately for CPT 74263 in Q1 2022? Copy link
Not at a published national rate. CPT 74263 carries status N (non-covered) in the Q1 2022 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.
Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2022) · effective January 2022 · materially updated Aug 4, 2026 · compact facts
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Global period: what 74263's fee already covers Copy link
The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.
| Modifier | Reports |
|---|---|
| -25 | A significant, separately identifiable E/M on the same day as the procedure, beyond its usual pre- and post-operative care. |
A modifier reports what happened; it does not by itself make a service payable. Documentation has to support it.
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Why is there no payment amount for 74263?
Its status indicator is N (non-covered). Medicare covers no part of this service. The blank is deliberate: the amount is either unknown or paid under another provision, so reading it as $0 would be wrong.
Why would a Medicare claim for 74263 be denied or paid less?
Each item below comes from a CMS indicator on this page — not general billing advice.
- Its status indicator is N (non-covered) — Medicare covers no part of this service. See status indicators
- 74263 splits into a professional component (modifier 26) and a technical component (modifier TC) — a claim for only one part needs that modifier to price correctly. 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.
When does this rate change?
CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. The 74263 rate last moved in Q1 2026 (+19.3% non-facility) — see its rate history or 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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For patientsWhat does CPT code 74263 mean?
We haven't written the plain-language description for CPT 74263 yet — ask your provider's billing office what service it covers in the meantime.
Billing policy Copy link
What 74263's billing-policy indicators mean. These show for every code, priced or not: a restriction like "bilateral not allowed" still matters on a carrier-priced code.
| Policy | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Professional/technical split | 1 | Splits into professional and technical. This procedure splits into a professional component (modifier 26) and a technical component (modifier TC), each separately payable. |
Rate history by release Copy link
National non-facility amount for 74263 across quarterly releases. since Q1 2025 · high $835.02 in Q1 2026
| Release | Status | Non-facility | Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – present | A | $835.02 (0.0% no change ) | $835.02 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 | A | $835.02 (0.0% no change ) | $835.02 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 | A | $835.02 (+19.3% increase ) | $835.02 (+19.3% increase ) |
| Q4 2025 Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 | A | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2025 Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025 | A | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2025 Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 | A | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) | $699.98 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2025 Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025 | A | $699.98 | $699.98 |
| Q4 2024 Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2024 Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2024 Apr 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2024 Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2023 Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2023 Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2023 Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2023 Jan 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2022 Oct 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2022 Jul 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2022 Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2022 Jan 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2021 Oct 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2021 Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2021 Apr 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2021 Jan 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2020 Oct 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2020 Jul 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2020 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2020 Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2020 Jan 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2020 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2019 Oct 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2019 Jul 1, 2019 – Sep 30, 2019 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2019 Apr 1, 2019 – Jun 30, 2019 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2019 Jan 1, 2019 – Mar 31, 2019 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2018 Oct 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2018 Jul 1, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2018 Apr 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2018 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2018 Jan 1, 2018 – Mar 31, 2018 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2017 Oct 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2017 Jul 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2017 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2017 Apr 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2017 Jan 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2016 Oct 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2016 Jul 1, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2016 Apr 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2016 Jan 1, 2016 – Mar 31, 2016 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2015 Oct 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2015 Jul 1, 2015 – Sep 30, 2015 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2015 Apr 1, 2015 – Jun 30, 2015 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2015 Jan 1, 2015 – Mar 31, 2015 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2014 Oct 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2014 Jul 1, 2014 – Sep 30, 2014 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2014 Apr 1, 2014 – Jun 30, 2014 | N | — | — |
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This is computed from CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q1 2022 release (schedule pfs, effective January 2022). National amounts apply a GPCI of 1.000 and leave sequestration off. The status indicator decides payability, never the RVU values, so a blank RVU stays blank. Releases are immutable: a rate retrieved for a past quarter always reflects that release. Commercial and cash-pay figures anywhere on this page are arithmetic on the Medicare amount, using commonly cited reimbursement ranges. They're illustrative, and no nationwide claims database stands behind them. Our methodology covers all of this in depth — sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how claims are cross-checked before they ship.
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CPT 74263 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate (Q1 2022). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/74263/2022/A