CPT code 92979: Coronary imaging, each additional vessel2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 92979 in New Mexico.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 92979 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 92979 covers

This add-on code represents intravascular ultrasound or optical coherence tomography imaging of an additional coronary vessel. A cardiologist or interventional cardiologist typically performs or interprets the imaging during a catheter-based evaluation or treatment, such as a coronary intervention. The imaging catheter provides views from inside the vessel to assess its structure and the result of treatment. Report this code for an additional vessel beyond the first vessel represented by the primary imaging code.

Medicare assigns this code carrier-priced status under the physician fee schedule: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. It is an add-on code and must be reported with a primary procedure; Medicare treats its payment within that procedure’s global period. Modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies the equipment and staff portion, and no modifier represents the global service. Documentation should support imaging of each additional vessel reported.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How New Mexico compares for 92979

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92979 rates by state

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How the 92979 rate is calculated

Each of 92979’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 92979

The CMS indicators that decide how 92979 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 92979

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 92979 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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