Contractor-priced
93668 · PFS Q4 2017 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q4 2017
Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
PFS status evidence
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- Code
- 93668
- Release
- Q4 2017, revision 1
- Result
- Contractor-priced
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Shows this code’s PFS status (C). Result: Contractor-priced.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU17DOctober 1 – December 31, 2017
This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.
PPRRVU17_OCT.csv row 15,649 in rvu17d.zip
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CPT 93668 has no published national rate. It carries status C (carrier-priced) in the Q4 2017 release. Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.
Why is there no national PFS amount for 93668?
Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced). Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
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Other payment indicators (9)
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 C (carrier-priced)—Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. 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.
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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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Across Original Medicare in CY2024, 93668 ranked #7,061 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars. It repeats: a patient billed for it in 2024 was billed 12.4 times on average that year.
2024 Medicare fee-for-service national totals. They exclude Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial volume, so real-world use runs higher. This is a calendar-year snapshot from the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset, on a different cycle from the Q4 2017 fee schedule above.
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Contractor amounts come from the MAC-published schedules and effective dates shown above. The PFS file shows this code is priced by the contractor. 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.
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CPT 93668 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q4 2017; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU17D, PPRRVU17_OCT.csv row 15,649. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/93668/2017/D