CPT code 11400: Skin lesion excision, trunk, arm, or leg; 0.5 cm or less2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Iowa

In Iowa, Medicare pays $117.65 for 11400 in the office and $70.58 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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

What 11400 covers

A clinician excises a benign skin lesion from the trunk, an arm, or a leg, removing the lesion with the margin needed for complete removal. A small benign nevus is a typical example. Dermatologists, primary care clinicians, and surgeons commonly perform this procedure in an office or outpatient setting. The code is limited to these anatomic areas; lesions on the face, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia follow different site-specific code families.

Choose the code using the excised diameter, including the planned margins, rather than the visible lesion alone. Document the lesion’s site, its size, the margins removed, and the benign clinical indication. Simple closure is included; a separately documented intermediate or complex repair may be reported when supported. The 10-day global period includes related postoperative visits during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to a 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeon or team-surgery reporting is 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.

How Iowa compares for 11400

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 11400 runs from $112.77 in Arkansas to $171.38 in San Benito County, CA. Iowa pays $117.65. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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11400 rates by state

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How the 11400 rate is calculated

Each of 11400’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 11400

11400 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 11400

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

How 11400 has changed in Iowa

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Where the Iowa rate applies

Iowa is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 1026 cities and communities in Iowa. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ackley
• Ackworth
• Adair
• Adel
• Afton
• Agency
• Ainsworth
• Akron

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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.

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