Q0035: Cardiokymography
Q0035 is a HCPCS Level II code for cardiokymography. It belongs to the Temporary Codes 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 2026Q4-Oct. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusA
Active code. Paid separately under the physician fee schedule.
- Work RVU
- 0.17
- PE (non-facility)
- 0.38
- PE (facility)
- 0.38
- Malpractice RVU
- 0.02
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of Q0035 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
- 1 unit MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction
- outpatient
- 1 unit MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction
- DME supplier
- 0, never payable MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
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 2026Q4.
The CMS record for Q0035
- Long descriptor
- Cardiokymography
- Short descriptor
- Cardiokymography
- Added
- January 1, 1989
- BETOS
- T2D
- Pricing indicator
- 11: Physician fee schedule
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.
Price established using national RVUs.
Codes adjacent to Q0035
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If Q0035 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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