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CPT 90876

Excluded from PFS

90876 · PFS Q2 2026 · Historical

Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.

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Not at a published national rate. CPT 90876 carries status N (non-covered) in the Q2 2026 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q2 2026) · rvu26b-updated-05-01-2026.zip (PPRRVU2026_Apr_nonQPP.csv row 11,446)
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Code
90876
Release
Q2 2026, revision 1
Result
Excluded from PFS

Citations

  • Establishes the PFS status (N) and the resulting pathway for this code: excluded from pfs.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q2 2026 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: April 1 – June 30, 2026

    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 PPRRVU2026_Apr_nonQPP.csv in rvu26b-updated-05-01-2026.zip (row 11,446)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    90876
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    N

    SHA-256: afc9cf9fe60742518cf6aaccd507edc035052ab9ab1be48644be39f38fceec48

    Original source file

Compact facts

Why is there no national PFS amount for 90876?

Its status indicator is N (non-covered). Medicare covers no part of this service. Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.

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Other payment indicators (10)

Facility/non-facility: Not determined, Professional/technical component: Does not apply, 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.

Payment rules

Global period: what 90876's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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Why would a Medicare claim for 90876 be denied or paid less?

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

  • Its status indicator is N (non-covered)—Medicare covers no part of this service. See status indicators

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.

History

Rate history by release Copy link

National non-facility amount for 90876 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Non-facility Facility
Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 N — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 N — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 N — —
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 Q2 2026 release (effective April 2026). National baselines use GPCI 1.000 and exclude sequestration. Status and payment instructions determine whether a national amount is established; blank RVUs stay blank. Releases are immutable: historical evidence remains tied to the specified release. Our methodology covers the depth: sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before they ship.

Physician relative value file (Q2 2026) · rvu26b-updated-05-01-2026.zip (PPRRVU2026_Apr_nonQPP.csv row 11,446)

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Cite this rate

This citation identifies the source release, so its evidence remains reproducible after a newer release lands.

CPT 90876 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q2 2026; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/90876/2026/B