Excluded from PFS
93668 · PFS Q1 2013 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q1 2013
Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.
CMS RVU13AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2013revision 2
PFS status evidence
Inspect PFS status evidence
- Code
- 93668
- Release
- Q1 2013, revision 2
- Result
- Excluded from PFS
Citations
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Shows this code’s PFS status (N). Result: Excluded from PFS.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU13AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2013revision 2
This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.
PPRRVU13_V1226_UP0.csv row 14,800 in rvu13ar.zip
In the CMS file
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CPT 93668 has no published national rate. It carries status N (non-covered) in the Q1 2013 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.
Why is there no national PFS amount for 93668?
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.
Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link
CMS's surgical and split-billing indicators don't adjust 93668's amount.
Global surgery period XXX (does not apply).
Why would a Medicare claim for 93668 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.
CMS RVU13AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2013revision 2
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01 PPRRVU13_V1226_UP0.csv · Q1 2013 (RVU13A) · row 14,800—status N, RVUs limits
- Effective
- January 1 – March 31, 2013
- Locator
- PPRRVU13_V1226_UP0.csv in rvu13ar.zip · row 14,800 of 15,619 · via CMS
- Fields read
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Status N (col 4)SHA-256 79b1988bb9cbab6a…
- Doesn’t establish
- A locality-adjusted allowed amount, or the payment after sequestration. National baselines use GPCI 1.000 and exclude sequestration.
- Note
- Whether a national amount exists depends on the status and CMS’s payment instructions; blank RVUs are never treated as zero.
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02 Physician & Other Practitioners · CY2024—volume and who bills it limits
- Effective
- Calendar-year snapshot, on a different cycle from the Q1 2013 fee schedule
- Doesn’t establish
- Medicare Advantage, Medicaid or commercial volume.
- Note
- The dataset suppresses rows under 11 beneficiaries.
Cite this rate
CPT 93668 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q1 2013; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU13A, PPRRVU13_V1226_UP0.csv row 14,800. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/93668/2013/A
Past releases are never edited, so the citation stays checkable after CMS publishes a newer one. Methodology · Plain-text summary · JSON
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$15.36 Office (non-facility) and $15.36 Facility since Jan 1, 2026, after a +7.9% increase in the Office (non-facility) amount. -22.4% decrease since Q1 2018; peak $19.80 in Q1 2018.
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Jan 1, 2026 – present
Q1 2026
Still in effect · 4 releases at this rate- Office
- $15.36 (+$1.13, +7.9% increase)
- Facility
- $15.36 (+$1.13, +7.9% increase)
Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 · Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 · Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 · Q4 2026 Oct 1, 2026 – present
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Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
Q1 2025
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $14.23 (−$0.42, -2.9% decrease)
- Facility
- $14.23 (−$0.42, -2.9% decrease)
Q1 2025 Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025 · Q2 2025 Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 · Q3 2025 Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025 · Q4 2025 Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
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Mar 9, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Q1 2024
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $14.65 (+$0.24, +1.7% increase)
- Facility
- $14.65 (+$0.24, +1.7% increase)
Q1 2024 Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024 · Q2 2024 Apr 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 · Q3 2024 Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 · Q4 2024 Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
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Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 · Superseded revision
Q1 2024 rev 1
Revision 1, later corrected by CMS- Office
- $14.41
- Facility
- $14.41
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Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
Q1 2023
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $14.57 (+$0.38, +2.7% increase)
- Facility
- $14.57 (+$0.38, +2.7% increase)
Q1 2023 Jan 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023 · Q2 2023 Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 · Q3 2023 Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023 · Q4 2023 Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
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Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
Q1 2022
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $14.19 (−$0.12, -0.8% decrease)
- Facility
- $14.19 (−$0.12, -0.8% decrease)
Q1 2022 Jan 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 · Q2 2022 Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 · Q3 2022 Jul 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 · Q4 2022 Oct 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
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Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
Q1 2021
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $14.31 (−$1.57, -9.9% decrease)
- Facility
- $14.31 (−$1.57, -9.9% decrease)
Q1 2021 Jan 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021 · Q2 2021 Apr 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021 · Q3 2021 Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2021 · Q4 2021 Oct 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
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Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
Q1 2020
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $15.88 (−$2.14, -11.9% decrease)
- Facility
- $15.88 (−$2.14, -11.9% decrease)
Q1 2020 Jan 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2020 · Q2 2020 Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020 · Q3 2020 Jul 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2020 · Q4 2020 Oct 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
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Jan 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019
Q1 2019
4 releases at this rate- Office
- $18.02 (−$1.78, -9.0% decrease)
- Facility
- $18.02 (−$1.78, -9.0% decrease)
Q1 2019 Jan 1, 2019 – Mar 31, 2019 · Q2 2019 Apr 1, 2019 – Jun 30, 2019 · Q3 2019 Jul 1, 2019 – Sep 30, 2019 · Q4 2019 Oct 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019
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Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
- Office
- $19.80
- Facility
- $19.80
Q1 2018 Jan 1, 2018 – Mar 31, 2018 · Q2 2018 Apr 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2018 · Q3 2018 Jul 1, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018 · Q4 2018 Oct 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
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Oct 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
Q4 2017
Status C- Office
- —
- Facility
- —
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Jan 1, 2013 – Sep 30, 2017
Q1 2013
16 releases at this rate- Office
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- Facility
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Q1 2013 Jan 1, 2013 – Mar 31, 2013 · Q2 2013 Apr 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2013 · Q2 2014 Apr 1, 2014 – Jun 30, 2014 · Q3 2014 Jul 1, 2014 – Sep 30, 2014 · Q4 2014 Oct 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 · Q1 2015 Jan 1, 2015 – Mar 31, 2015 · Q2 2015 Apr 1, 2015 – Jun 30, 2015 · Q3 2015 Jul 1, 2015 – Sep 30, 2015 · Q4 2015 Oct 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 · Q1 2016 Jan 1, 2016 – Mar 31, 2016 · Q2 2016 Apr 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016 · Q3 2016 Jul 1, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016 · Q4 2016 Oct 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 · Q1 2017 Jan 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017 · Q2 2017 Apr 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017 · Q3 2017 Jul 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2017
Earliest release in this history.
National baseline (GPCI 1.000), before sequestration.
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.
The 93668 rate last moved in Q1 2026. See its rate history.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.
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In CY2024, 93668 ranked #7,061 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars.
- Services
- 756
- Allowed
- $10,498
- Beneficiaries
- 61
CY2024 Medicare fee-for-service, from the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset (limits).