NCCI edits for CPT 76979
CMS lists 3 active pairs with modifier indicator 0 (no NCCI-associated modifier bypasses those edits) and 25 pairs with modifier indicator 1, where an NCCI-associated modifier may be allowed when the documentation supports it.
NCCI release: Q4 2026. Source: CMS National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits. Complete plain-text list.
Check a paired code Copy link
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) Copy link
The published MUE is 3 units per patient per date of service.
Not separately payable together Copy link
Modifier indicator 0: the edit cannot be bypassed with an NCCI-associated modifier. Each row names the code that denies. CMS writes every edit as an ordered pair: the Column Two code is denied and the Column One code is paid.
Modifier may be allowed Copy link
Modifier indicator 1: an NCCI-associated modifier may be used when the circumstances and documentation support it. Each row names the Column Two code, which is the one denied absent an allowed modifier.
- 0689T 0689T denies
- 0690T 0690T denies
- 76506 76506 denies
- 76529 76529 denies
- 76536 76536 denies
- 76604 76604 denies
- 76641 76641 denies
- 76642 76642 denies
- 76700 76700 denies
- 76705 76705 denies
- 76706 76706 denies
- 76770 76770 denies
- 76775 76775 denies
- 76776 76776 denies
- 76800 76800 denies
- 76830 76830 denies
- 76831 76831 denies
- 76856 76856 denies
- 76857 76857 denies
- 76870 76870 denies
- 76872 76872 denies
- 76873 76873 denies
- 76881 76881 denies
- 76882 76882 denies
- 96374 96374 denies
NCCI edits are not a coverage determination or a substitute for the current CMS NCCI Policy Manual. Deleted pairs are excluded from this page.