CPT code 15100: Skin graft, trunk, arms, or legs2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Tennessee

In Tennessee, Medicare pays $844.18 for 15100 in the office and $605.84 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 15100 covers

The surgeon takes a thin layer of the patient’s own skin from a donor site and places it over a recipient wound on the trunk, arm, or leg. Common situations include coverage after burn treatment, wound excision, or traumatic skin loss. The code identifies the graft by its split-thickness type and recipient location, not by the donor site. It covers the first 100 square centimeters, or the corresponding 1% of body surface area for infants and children.

Select the code using the recipient site, graft type, and documented treated area; report 15101 for additional area increments. Documentation should identify the recipient site, graft type, area, and harvest and placement performed. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the 90-day global period. When multiple procedures occur 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. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; 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 Tennessee compares for 15100

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 15100 runs from $815.96 in Arkansas to $1,165.48 in San Benito County, CA. Tennessee pays $844.18. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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15100 rates by state

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How the 15100 rate is calculated

Each of 15100’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 15100

15100 has a 90-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 15100

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

How 15100 has changed in Tennessee

Price 15100 for an earlier date of service

Where the Tennessee rate applies

Tennessee is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 504 cities and communities in Tennessee. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adams
• Adamsville
• Alamo
• Alcoa
• Alexandria
• Algood
• Allardt
• Altamont

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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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