CPT 98970
Unable to determine from available CMS sources
98970 · PFS Q1 2020 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q1 2020
Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.
Not at a published national rate. CPT 98970 carries status I (not valid) in the Q1 2020 release. Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.
PFS status evidence
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- Code
- 98970
- Release
- Q1 2020, revision 1
- Result
- Unable to determine from available CMS sources
Citations
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Establishes the PFS status (I) and the resulting pathway for this code: unable to determine from available cms sources.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)Q1 2020 · revision 1
Latest revision of this release
Release period: January 1 – March 31, 2020
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
PPRRVU20_Jan.csv in rvu20a-updated-01312020.zip (row 17,009)- hcpcs (col 1)
- 98970
- modifier (col 2)
- blank
- status_code (col 4)
- I
SHA-256: 28d2c1e57daa957d1eef39cb96dc0e0f55fd4e6ab886473e117d9b4f43a9875d
Why is there no national PFS amount for 98970?
Its status indicator is I (not valid). Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.
Payment considerations Copy link
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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.
Global period: what 98970's fee already covers Copy link
The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.
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Common payment questions Copy link
Why would a Medicare claim for 98970 be denied or paid less?
These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.
- Its status indicator is I (not valid)—Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for 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.
Rate history by release Copy link
National non-facility amount for 98970 across quarterly releases. +4.2% increase since Q1 2021 · high $12.36 in Q1 2026
| Release | Status | Non-facility | Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 | A | $12.36 (0.0% no change ) | $10.35 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 | A | $12.36 (0.0% no change ) | $10.35 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 | A | $12.36 (0.0% no change ) | $10.35 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 | A | $12.36 (+9.2% increase ) | $10.35 (-8.6% decrease ) |
| Q4 2025 Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 | A | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2025 Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025 | A | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2025 Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 | A | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) | $11.32 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2025 Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025 | A | $11.32 (-2.8% decrease ) | $11.32 (-2.8% decrease ) |
| Q4 2024 Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 | A | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2024 Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 | A | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2024 Apr 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 | A | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) | $11.65 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2024 Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024 | A | $11.65 (+1.7% increase ) | $11.65 (+1.7% increase ) |
| Q1 2024 Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 | A | $11.46 (-0.5% decrease ) | $11.46 (-0.5% decrease ) |
| Q4 2023 Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023 | A | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2023 Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023 | A | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2023 Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 | A | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) | $11.52 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2023 Jan 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023 | A | $11.52 (-2.1% decrease ) | $11.52 (-2.1% decrease ) |
| Q4 2022 Oct 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 | A | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2022 Jul 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 | A | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2022 Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 | A | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) | $11.77 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2022 Jan 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 | A | $11.77 (-0.8% decrease ) | $11.77 (+2.3% increase ) |
| Q4 2021 Oct 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 | A | $11.86 (0.0% no change ) | $11.51 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q3 2021 Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2021 | A | $11.86 (0.0% no change ) | $11.51 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q2 2021 Apr 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021 | A | $11.86 (0.0% no change ) | $11.51 (0.0% no change ) |
| Q1 2021 Jan 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021 | A | $11.86 | $11.51 |
| Q4 2020 Oct 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020 | I | — | — |
| Q3 2020 Jul 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2020 | I | — | — |
| Q2 2020 Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020 | I | — | — |
| Q1 2020 Jan 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2020 | I | — | — |
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 98970 rate last moved in Q1 2026. See its rate history.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.
How often 98970 is billed Copy link
Across Original Medicare in CY2024, 98970 ranked #5,553 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars.
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 Q1 2020 fee schedule above.
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This page uses CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q1 2020 release (effective January 2020). 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.
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CPT 98970 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q1 2020; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/98970/2020/A