CPT code 15110: Epidermal graft, trunk, arms, or legs2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Tennessee

In Tennessee, Medicare pays $823.25 for 15110 in the office and $615.58 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 15110 covers

This service covers harvesting a patient's epidermal tissue and placing it as an autograft on a wound of the trunk, an arm, or a leg. Plastic surgeons, burn surgeons, and other physicians performing wound reconstruction may use it for wound coverage in an operating room or outpatient procedure setting. The code represents the initial area unit: 100 square centimeters, or 1% of body surface area for infants and children, as applicable to the patient and code family.

Select the code by graft type, recipient site, and treated area; document the wound location, graft method, and area treated. Report 15111 for additional area beyond the initial unit when its criteria are met. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and 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 15110

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 15110 runs from $798.17 in Arkansas to $1,112.62 in San Benito County, CA. Tennessee pays $823.25. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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15110 rates by state

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How the 15110 rate is calculated

Each of 15110’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 15110

15110 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 15110

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

How 15110 has changed in Tennessee

Price 15110 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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