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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Effective CMS RVU16D Updated

CPT 96376 Medicare payment status

Priced under CLFS

96376 · PFS Q4 2016 · Historical

Status X is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CMS RVU16DOctober 1 – December 31, 2016

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q4 2016) · rvu16d.zip (PPRRVU16_V0804.csv row 15,994)
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Code
96376
Release
Q4 2016, revision 1
Result
Priced under CLFS

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (X). Result: Priced under CLFS.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU16DOctober 1 – December 31, 2016

    This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.

    PPRRVU16_V0804.csv row 15,994 in rvu16d.zip

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CPT 96376 has no published national rate. It carries status X (statutory exclusion) in the Q4 2016 release. The statutory definition of physician services does not include this item. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

Why is there no national PFS amount for 96376?

Its status indicator is X (statutory exclusion). The statutory definition of physician services does not include this item. Status X is not separately payable under the PFS.

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

Other fee-schedule routing Applies
Other payment indicators (9)
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: Not determined, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Contractor pricing: Does not apply.
Why would a Medicare claim for 96376 be denied or paid less?

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

  • Its status indicator is X (statutory exclusion)—The statutory definition of physician services does not include this item. 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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Global period: what 96376's fee already covers Copy link

ZZZ Add-on code

This code is always billed alongside another service and carries no follow-up period of its own. The primary procedure's global period governs; this indicator does not determine whether either line is payable.

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Why a 96376 line may not pay separately Copy link

CMS publishes no separately payable amount for 96376 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.
  • Reconcile this line together with the primary procedure on the same claim—it is an add-on that is never billed alone and carries no global period of its own.
  • 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.

Compare against 96375, 96374 and 96379: their amounts are in Related codes.

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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).

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Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for 96376 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 Oct 1, 2026 – present X — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 X — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 X — —
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 Q4 2016 release (effective October 2016). 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 (Q4 2016) · rvu16d.zip (PPRRVU16_V0804.csv row 15,994)

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CPT 96376 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q4 2016; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU16D, PPRRVU16_V0804.csv row 15,994. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/96376/2016/D