C2614 — Probe, percutaneous lumbar discectomy
C2614 is a HCPCS Level II code for probe, percutaneous lumbar discectomy. It belongs to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of C2614 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 3 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: CMS Workgroup
- outpatient
- 3 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute — no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q3.
The CMS record for C2614
- Long descriptor
- Probe, percutaneous lumbar discectomy
- Short descriptor
- Probe, perc lumb disc
- Added
- January 1, 2003
- BETOS
- D1A
- Pricing indicator
- 53 — Other
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Statute.
Codes adjacent to C2614
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If C2614 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- C1896Lead, cardioverter-defibrillator, other than endocardial single or dual coil (implantable)
- C1897Lead, neurostimulator test kit (implantable)
- C1898Lead, pacemaker, other than transvenous vdd single pass
- C1899Lead, pacemaker/cardioverter-defibrillator combination (implantable)
- C1900Lead, left ventricular coronary venous system
- C1982Catheter, pressure-generating, (e.g., one-way valve, intermittently occlusive)
- C2596Probe, image-guided, robotic, waterjet ablation
- C2613Lung biopsy plug with delivery system
- C2615Sealant, pulmonary, liquid
- C2616Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, yttrium-90, per source
- C2617Stent, non-coronary, temporary, without delivery system
- C2618Probe/needle, cryoablation
- C2619Pacemaker, dual chamber, non rate-responsive (implantable)
- C2620Pacemaker, single chamber, non rate-responsive (implantable)
- C2621Pacemaker, other than single or dual chamber (implantable)
- C2622Prosthesis, penile, non-inflatable
Questions about C2614
What is HCPCS code C2614?
C2614 is a HCPCS Level II code for probe, percutaneous lumbar discectomy. It sits in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section.
Does Medicare cover C2614?
The CMS HCPCS file marks C2614 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.