CPT & HCPCS Code Lookup
The fee schedule reference card for any code: payment status, RVUs and global period, straight from the CMS CY 2026 file. Search by code, prefix, category or keyword.
Every code on a claim carries a small dossier in the Medicare fee schedule file: its payment status, its work, practice expense and malpractice RVUs, and the global period that governs follow-up care. This lookup shows that reference data for any CPT or HCPCS Level II code — search by code, by code prefix, or by category or keyword.
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What the status codes mean
| Code | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | Active | Paid separately under the Physician Fee Schedule, if covered. |
| B | Bundled | Payment is always bundled into payment for other services. |
| C | Contractor-priced | Your MAC establishes the RVUs and payment amount, usually case by case. |
| E | Excluded | Excluded from the Physician Fee Schedule by regulation; no PFS payment. |
| I | Not valid | Not valid for Medicare purposes — Medicare uses another code for the service. |
| J | Anesthesia | Anesthesia service; paid under the anesthesia fee schedule, not RVUs. |
| M | Measurement | Used for reporting purposes only. |
| N | Non-covered | Medicare does not cover this service. |
| P | Bundled / Excluded | No RVUs and no separate payment under the fee schedule. |
| R | Restricted | Restricted coverage — special instructions apply; contractor-priced if covered. |
| T | Injection | Paid only when no other fee-schedule service is billed the same day by the same provider. |
| X | Statutory exclusion | Not a "physician service" for fee schedule purposes; no PFS payment (for example ambulance and clinical lab). |
A note on descriptions
CPT® code descriptions are copyrighted by the American Medical Association and licensed, so we do not republish them here. For CPT codes this tool shows the official numeric data from the CMS fee schedule file plus a plain category label we assign from the code range (for example, "Evaluation & Management"). HCPCS Level II descriptions are published by CMS in the public domain, so those are shown in full. For the official CPT descriptor, check your CPT book or encoder.
Need the dollar amount for your locality rather than the RVU reference data? That is what the Medicare Fee Schedule Calculator is for. Data: CMS CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, Relative Value File RVU26D (October release).
Frequently asked questions
Why doesn't this lookup show the CPT code descriptions?
CPT descriptions are copyrighted by the American Medical Association and are only available under licence, so a free tool cannot republish them. We show the official CMS numeric data — status, RVUs and global period — plus our own category label for each code. HCPCS Level II descriptions are published by CMS in the public domain, so those appear in full.
What is a global period?
The global period is the window around a procedure during which related follow-up care is included in the procedure payment: 000 (same day only), 010 (10 days), 090 (90 days), XXX (no global period), YYY (set by the contractor) and ZZZ (the global period of the primary code it is billed with). Our Global Period Calculator turns a code and surgery date into the exact end date.
Where does this data come from?
The CMS CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File (RVU26D, October release) — the same file Medicare uses to price claims. It is refreshed annually; status, RVUs and global days are the base (modifier-free) values.