CPT code 12017: Wound repair, face and related sites, 20.1–30 cm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $154.26 for 12017 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 12017 covers

This code covers simple, usually one-layer closure of superficial wounds on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mucous membranes when the total repaired length is 20.1–30.0 cm. It is used for repairs such as facial or lip lacerations that do not require the more involved closure represented by an intermediate or complex repair. Physicians in emergency departments, hospital facilities, urgent care, and surgical or outpatient settings may perform the service.

Select the code by repair type, anatomical group, and total length of wounds repaired in that group. Document each wound’s location and length, the closure method, and why the repair is simple. CMS assigns 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 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. 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.

How Montana compares for 12017

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 12017 runs from $135.25 in Wisconsin to $195.99 in Alaska. Montana pays $154.26. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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12017 rates by state

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

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How the 12017 rate is calculated

Each of 12017’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 12017

The CMS indicators that decide how 12017 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 12017

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

How 12017 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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