CPT code 11301: Shave lesion, trunk or limb, 0.6–1.0 cm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $116.24 for 11301 nationally in the office and $41.75 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $103.07–$155.43.

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

What 11301 covers

This service removes a skin lesion by shaving across its surface rather than excising it through the full thickness of the skin. Dermatologists commonly perform it in an office for a raised lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg when shave removal is the intended treatment or diagnostic approach. The code’s site group excludes lesions on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, genitalia, face, ears, eyelids, nose, and lips, which have separate code families.

Select the code using the lesion’s documented diameter and anatomic site. The record should identify the site, size, and reason for removal, and support that a shave technique was performed. This is a minor procedure with a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

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 11301 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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11301 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the 11301 rate is calculated

Each of 11301’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 11301

The CMS indicators that decide how 11301 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

11301 compared with similar codes

How to choose

11300Shave removalTrunk or extremity, 0.5 cm or less

Use 11300 for a lesion in the same trunk, arm, or leg site group that falls in the smaller size tier; use 11301 when the documented diameter is 0.6–1.0 cm.

11302Shave removalTrunk or limb, 1.1–2.0 cm

Use 11302 for a lesion in the same site group that falls in the next larger size tier. The technique and site group are the same as 11301; size distinguishes the code.

11102Tangential skin biopsyFirst or only lesion

Use 11102 when the service is a tangential biopsy to obtain a diagnostic sample. Code 11301 represents shave removal of a lesion, not simply collection of a biopsy sample.

11401Benign lesion excisionTrunk/extremities, 0.6–1 cm

Use 11401 when a benign lesion in this site group is removed by full-thickness excision. Code 11301 describes shave removal.

Codes related to 11301

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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