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CPT 99288

Bundled / not separately paid

99288 · PFS Q3 2018 · Historical

Status B is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CPT 99288 has no published national rate. It carries status B (bundled) in the Q3 2018 release. Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q3 2018) · rvu18c1.zip (PPRRVU18_JUL.csv row 16,541)
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Code
99288
Release
Q3 2018, revision 1
Result
Bundled / not separately paid

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  • Shows this code’s PFS status (B). Result: Bundled / not separately paid.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q3 2018 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: July 1 – September 30, 2018

    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 PPRRVU18_JUL.csv in rvu18c1.zip (row 16,541)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    99288
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    B

    SHA-256: 514e3c115f8e62a35eb5f78fef7ed12ed7b60b22a5fe3f3f1bb5aadf119663c5

    Original source file

Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for 99288?

Its status indicator is B (bundled). Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. Status B is not separately payable under the PFS.

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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.

Why would a Medicare claim for 99288 be denied or paid less?

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

  • Its status indicator is B (bundled)—Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. 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.

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what 99288's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for 99288 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 B — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 B — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 B — —
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 Q3 2018 release (effective July 2018). 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 (Q3 2018) · rvu18c1.zip (PPRRVU18_JUL.csv row 16,541)

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CPT 99288 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q3 2018; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/99288/2018/C