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CPT 77062

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77062 · PFS Q1 2025 · Historical

Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CPT 77062 has no published national rate. It carries status I (not valid) in the Q1 2025 release. Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q1 2025) · rvu25a-updated-01-10-2025.zip (PPRRVU25_JAN.csv row 14,705)
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Code
77062
Release
Q1 2025, revision 1
Result
Unable to determine from available CMS sources

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (I). Result: Unable to determine from available CMS sources.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q1 2025 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: January 1 – March 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 PPRRVU25_JAN.csv in rvu25a-updated-01-10-2025.zip (row 14,705)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    77062
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    I

    SHA-256: c0539b47cbc042fd1b69798e6dd911219f4893bb5be793ae1d1771e7a7151a54

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Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for 77062?

Its status indicator is I (not valid). Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.

Payment considerations Copy link

Here are the inputs and payment rules that apply to this code. Each link takes you to the detail below.

Professional/technical component Applies
Other payment indicators (9)

Facility/non-facility: Not determined, 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, Contractor pricing: Does not apply.

Why would a Medicare claim for 77062 be denied or paid less?

These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.

  • Its status indicator is I (not valid)—Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. See status indicators
  • 77062 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
  • Bilateral surgery: no bilateral adjustment. 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.

Why a 77062 line may not pay separately Copy link

CMS publishes no separately payable amount for 77062 in this release, so reconciling the line means establishing which status governed the date of service rather than chasing a fee-schedule difference.

What to check

  • Confirm the status that governed the date of service before working this line as a short payment—CMS publishes no separately payable fee-schedule amount for it in this release.
  • Confirm which component the line carried before comparing anything: the same code prices three ways—globally, as a professional component with modifier 26, and as a technical component with modifier TC.
  • 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 Q1 2025 amounts at GPCI 1.000. A blank means this schedule does not publish a payable PFS amount.

Code Office Facility
77061 Nearby radiology and imaging line in the same release — —
77063 Priced as active rather than not valid $50.78 $50.78
77065 Priced as active rather than not valid $121.95 $121.95
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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).

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what 77062's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

Billing policy Copy link

These billing-policy indicators explain how 77062 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.
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 1 Splits into professional and technical. This procedure splits into a professional component (modifier 26) and a technical component (modifier TC), each separately payable.

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Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for 77062 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 I — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 I — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 I — —
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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This page uses CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q1 2025 release (effective January 2025). National baselines use GPCI 1.000 and exclude sequestration. Whether a national amount exists depends on the status and CMS’s payment instructions; blank RVUs are never treated as zero. 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.

Physician relative value file (Q1 2025) · rvu25a-updated-01-10-2025.zip (PPRRVU25_JAN.csv row 14,705)

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Cite this rate

The citation names the release, so anyone can check it even after CMS publishes a newer one.

CPT 77062 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q1 2025; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/77062/2025/A