NCCI edits for CPT 88182
CMS lists 1 active pair with modifier indicator 0 (no NCCI-associated modifier bypasses those edits) and 27 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 2 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.
- 96523 96523 denies
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.
- 0021U 88182 denies
- 0058U 88182 denies
- 0059U 88182 denies
- 0406U 88182 denies
- 0433U 88182 denies
- 0495U 88182 denies
- 38207 88182 denies
- 38208 88182 denies
- 38209 88182 denies
- 38210 88182 denies
- 38211 88182 denies
- 38212 88182 denies
- 38213 88182 denies
- 38214 88182 denies
- 38215 88182 denies
- 38226 88182 denies
- 86053 88182 denies
- 86355 86355 denies
- 86356 86356 denies
- 86357 86357 denies
- 86361 86361 denies
- 86363 88182 denies
- 86367 86367 denies
- 88321 88182 denies
- 88323 88182 denies
- 88325 88182 denies
- 88387 88387 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.