CPT code 93922: Arterial study, one or two levels2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $83.17 for 93922 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $72.00–$115.75.

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

What 93922 covers

This noninvasive physiologic test evaluates arterial blood flow in an upper or lower extremity using pressure measurements and Doppler or plethysmographic waveforms. A common lower-extremity application is resting ankle-brachial index testing. Vascular laboratory staff or other trained personnel typically obtain the measurements in an outpatient office or hospital department; a qualified physician interprets the findings. The service is limited to one or two testing levels, or a single level assessed with a provocative maneuver.

Report the code for the documented limited study, not a more extensive multilevel examination or an exercise study. The record should identify the extremity tested, the measurement levels or maneuver, and the results and interpretation. The code is priced as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. It has separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and no component modifier represents the global service. When multiple cardiovascular diagnostic procedures are performed, the multiple-procedure reduction applies to this code’s technical component.

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.

Where 93922 pays more and less

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93922 rates by state

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How the 93922 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 93922

The CMS indicators that decide how 93922 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

93922 compared with similar codes

How to choose

93923Arterial physiologyThree or more levels

93922 is for a limited physiologic assessment at one or two levels, or one level with a provocative maneuver. Choose 93923 when the documented physiologic study is more extensive.

93924Exercise arterial studyBilateral, rest and treadmill

93924 is the lower-extremity arterial physiologic study associated with exercise testing. A limited resting assessment without exercise testing is reported with 93922 when its level criteria are met.

93925Arterial duplexComplete bilateral study

93925 uses duplex imaging to assess bilateral lower-extremity arteries. Code 93922 reports a limited physiologic assessment, such as pressure and waveform testing.

93930Arm arterial duplexComplete bilateral study

93930 assesses bilateral upper-extremity arteries with duplex imaging; 93922 is a limited physiologic arterial study and does not describe that imaging examination.

Codes related to 93922

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

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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