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

Reports epidermal autograft coverage of a wound on the trunk, arms, or legs for the initial area unit, including the applicable pediatric measure.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality601 Medicare services in 2024

In Virginia, Medicare pays $870.34 for 15110 in the office and $645.76 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$870.34Office (non-facility)
$645.76Hospital or facility
−3.3%vs the national office rate ($899.82)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 15110 nationwide

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

We’ll open 15110 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Virginia
  2. What 15110 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

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 Virginia 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. Virginia pays $870.34. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

15110 in Virginia vs other payment areas
  1. Virginia · this page$870.34
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$975.77+$105.43
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$1,010.92+$140.58
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$1,030.90+$160.56
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$999.40+$129.06
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$1,041.58+$171.24
  7. Alaska · Alaska$1,076.17+$205.83

Other areas in Virginia first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

15110 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama$809.41$609.51
ArkansasArkansas$798.17$601.93
ArizonaArizona$874.74$653.36
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$923.06$672.67
Chico, CACalifornia$917.01$666.61
El Centro, CACalifornia$917.37$666.98
Fresno, CACalifornia$917.01$666.61
Hanford, CACalifornia$917.01$666.61

15110 rates by state

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

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$798.17

$1,076.17

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15110 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$1,076.171
AL$809.411
AR$798.171
AZ$874.741
CA$917.01–$1,112.6229
CO$918.121
CT$958.461
DC$1,010.921
DE$888.591
FL$915.97–$1,030.903
GA$863.18–$923.102
GU$933.321
HI$933.321
IA$815.821
ID$823.731
IL$900.17–$999.404
IN$827.961
KS$818.491
KY$841.511
LA$842.78–$882.082
MA$915.56–$997.472
MD$903.03–$1,010.923
ME$834.63–$868.612
MI$868.43–$933.572
MN$861.931
MO$833.16–$877.443
MS$815.501
MT$899.671
NC$841.971
ND$856.371
NE$818.191
NH$909.921
NJ$964.39–$1,002.402
NM$875.571
NV$888.071
NY$854.63–$1,074.085
OH$859.581
OK$833.301
OR$876.22–$938.902
PA$857.32–$939.612
PR$903.891
RI$914.201
SC$853.181
SD$851.251
TN$823.251
TX$852.39–$926.908
UT$864.201
VA$870.34–$1,010.922
VI$903.891
VT$858.991
WA$911.86–$1,010.832
WI$829.491
WV$869.871
WY$880.801

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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.

How the rate is built · 15110

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work10.70

10.70 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense14.05

14.05 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice2.19

2.19 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

26.9400

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$899.82

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact Virginia inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

1,488

Code
15110
Physician work
10.70
Practice expense
14.05
Malpractice
2.19

GPCI2026.csv

106

Locality
Virginia
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.983
Malpractice
0.706
Office calculation for 15110 in Virginia
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work10.70× 1.00010.7000
Practice expense14.05× 0.98313.8112
Malpractice2.19× 0.7061.5461
Total RVUs26.0573
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Virginia$870.34

Office: (10.7 × 1 + 14.05 × 0.983 + 2.19 × 0.706) × $33.4009 = $870.34

Facility: (10.7 × 1 + 7.21 × 0.983 + 2.19 × 0.706) × $33.4009 = $645.76

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Payment rules and modifiers for 15110

15110 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

CMS payment indicators · 15110

Epidermal graft, trunk, arms, or legs

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period090Major surgery: the day before, the day of, and 90 days after are included.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)0The 150% bilateral adjustment doesn’t apply.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)1Not paid (statutory restriction).
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.
Split (54/55/56)0.10/0.71/0.19Share of the payment for pre-op, the procedure itself, and post-op care.

Global surgery period · 15110

Epidermal graft, trunk, arms, or legs

90-day global period ends

Dec 30, 2026

Covers Sep 30, 2026 through Dec 30, 2026 (92 days, including the day before surgery).

Visit on Oct 31, 2026

Day 30 of the 90-day post-op period: related follow-up care is included in the surgical payment.

  • 24Unrelated E/M visit by the same physician
  • 79Unrelated procedure (starts its own global period)
  • 58Staged, more extensive, or therapy procedure that was planned
  • 78Unplanned return to the operating room for a related complication
SurgeryVisit
Sep 23, 2026Jan 10, 2027

Pre-op dayGlobal period

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 51 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

15110 without 51 · national office

$899.82

Epidermal graft, trunk, arms, or legs

15110-51 · Second procedure: 50%

$449.91

When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 15110

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

Codes related to 15110
CodeHow it relatesOffice range, Virginia
Add-on codes
15111Epidermal graft, additional trunk, arm, or leg areaAdd-on code for qualifying additional epidermal autograft area beyond the initial unit.$116.65
Used instead
15100Skin graft, trunk, arms, or legsCovers a split-thickness rather than epidermal autograft to the trunk, arms, or legs.$894.66
15130Dermal autograft, trunk, arms, or legsCovers a dermal autograft to the trunk, arms, or legs rather than an epidermal graft.$749.79
15150Cultured skin graft, trunk, arms, or legsCovers a tissue-cultured skin autograft to the trunk, arms, or legs.$733.01
Same family
15115Epidermal graft, special sites, first 100 sq cmEpidermal autograft code for specified sites including the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, and genitalia.$836.65

How 15110 has changed in Virginia

15110 · Office / nonfacility

$870.34

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $84.01 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $786.33 to $870.34 (10.7%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $786.33changed to$870.34

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 10.97 changed to 10.70
    • Practice expense RVU 11.90 changed to 14.05
    • Malpractice RVU 2.13 changed to 2.19
    • Work GPCI 1.002 changed to 1.000
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.984 changed to 0.983
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.755 changed to 0.706

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $811.73changed to$786.33

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465
    • Practice expense RVU 12.00 changed to 11.90
    • Malpractice RVU 2.10 changed to 2.13

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $798.48changed to$811.73

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $829.86changed to$798.48

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 11.97 changed to 12.00
    • Malpractice RVU 2.02 changed to 2.10
    • Work GPCI 1.000 changed to 1.002
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.990 changed to 0.984
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.826 changed to 0.755

  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $846.42changed to$829.86

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Practice expense RVU 11.60 changed to 11.97
    • Malpractice RVU 2.17 changed to 2.02
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.995 changed to 0.990
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.897 changed to 0.826

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $836.52changed to$846.42

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 11.23 changed to 11.60
    • Malpractice RVU 2.04 changed to 2.17

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $824.61changed to$836.52

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 10.21 changed to 11.23
    • Malpractice RVU 1.95 changed to 2.04
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.991 changed to 0.995
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.903 changed to 0.897

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $811.23changed to$824.61

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense RVU 10.00 changed to 10.21
    • Malpractice RVU 1.85 changed to 1.95
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.986 changed to 0.991
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.908 changed to 0.903

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $805.93changed to$811.23

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391
    • Practice expense RVU 9.94 changed to 10.00
    • Malpractice RVU 1.78 changed to 1.85

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. January 1, 2018

    RVU18AR1

    $800.18changed to$805.93

    • Conversion factor 35.8887 changed to 35.9996
    • Practice expense RVU 9.96 changed to 9.94
    • Malpractice RVU 1.75 changed to 1.78
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.985 changed to 0.986
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.866 changed to 0.908

    Held through RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2017

    RVU17A

    $801.99changed to$800.18

    • Conversion factor 35.8043 changed to 35.8887
    • Practice expense RVU 10.16 changed to 9.96
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.983 changed to 0.985
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.824 changed to 0.866

    Held through RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D.

  12. January 1, 2016

    RVU16A

    $817.68changed to$801.99

    • Conversion factor 35.9335 changed to 35.8043
    • Practice expense RVU 10.43 changed to 10.16
    • Malpractice RVU 1.86 changed to 1.75

    Held through RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D.

  13. July 1, 2015

    RVU15C

    $813.61changed to$817.68

    • Conversion factor 35.7547 changed to 35.9335

    Held through RVU15D.

  14. January 1, 2015

    RVU15A

    $853.76changed to$813.61

    • Conversion factor 35.8228 changed to 35.7547
    • Practice expense RVU 11.49 changed to 10.43
    • Malpractice RVU 2.06 changed to 1.86
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.980 changed to 0.983
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.778 changed to 0.824

    Held through RVU15B.

  15. January 1, 2014

    RVU14A

    $855.17changed to$853.76

    • Conversion factor 34.0230 changed to 35.8228
    • Practice expense RVU 12.89 changed to 11.49
    • Malpractice RVU 2.15 changed to 2.06
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.977 changed to 0.980
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.731 changed to 0.778

    Held through RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D.

  16. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: $855.17

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$870.34$645.76RVU26D
2026-07-01$870.34$645.76RVU26C
2026-04-01$870.34$645.76RVU26B
2026-01-01$870.34$645.76RVU26A
2025-10-01$786.33$677.48RVU25D
2025-07-01$786.33$677.48RVU25C
2025-04-01$786.33$677.48RVU25B
2025-01-01$786.33$677.48RVU25A
2024-10-01$811.73$694.14RVU24D
2024-07-01$811.73$694.14RVU24C
2024-04-01$811.73$694.14RVU24B
2024-03-09$811.73$694.14RVU24AR
2024-01-01$798.48$682.81RVU24A
2023-10-01$829.86$706.74RVU23D
2023-07-01$829.86$706.74RVU23C
2023-04-01$829.86$706.74RVU23B
2023-01-01$829.86$706.74RVU23A
2022-10-01$846.42$717.29RVU22D
2022-07-01$846.42$717.29RVU22C
2022-04-01$846.42$717.29RVU22B
2022-01-01$846.42$717.29RVU22A
2021-10-01$836.52$708.41RVU21D
2021-07-01$836.52$708.41RVU21C
2021-04-01$836.52$708.41RVU21B
2021-01-01$836.52$708.41RVU21A
2020-10-01$824.61$710.88RVU20D
2020-07-01$824.61$710.88RVU20C
2020-04-01$824.61$710.88RVU20B
2020-01-01$824.61$710.88RVU20A
2019-10-01$811.23$704.63RVU19D
2019-07-01$811.23$704.63RVU19C
2019-04-01$811.23$704.63RVU19B
2019-01-01$811.23$704.63RVU19A
2018-10-01$805.93$704.05RVU18D
2018-07-01$805.93$704.05RVU18C
2018-04-01$805.93$704.05RVU18B
2018-01-01$805.93$704.05RVU18AR1
2017-10-01$800.18$699.78RVU17D
2017-07-01$800.18$699.78RVU17C
2017-04-01$800.18$699.78RVU17B
2017-01-01$800.18$699.78RVU17A
2016-10-01$801.99$700.63RVU16D
2016-07-01$801.99$700.63RVU16C
2016-04-01$801.99$700.63RVU16B
2016-01-01$801.99$700.63RVU16A
2015-10-01$817.68$714.54RVU15D
2015-07-01$817.68$714.54RVU15C
2015-04-01$813.61$710.98RVU15B
2015-01-01$813.61$710.98RVU15A
2014-10-01$853.76$748.09RVU14D
2014-07-01$853.76$748.09RVU14C
2014-04-01$853.76$748.09RVU14B
2014-01-01$853.76$748.09RVU14A
2013-10-01$855.17$742.16RVU13D
2013-07-01$855.17$742.16RVU13C
2013-04-01$855.17$742.16RVU13B
2013-01-01$855.17$742.16RVU13AR

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • Abbs Valley
  • Abingdon
  • Accomac
  • Adwolf
  • Afton
  • Alberta
  • Aldie
  • Allison Gap

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15110 billing questions

How does 15110 differ from 15100?

15110 is for an epidermal autograft; 15100 is for a split-thickness autograft. Choose based on the graft type documented, not simply the wound location or area.

When is 15111 reported with 15110?

15110 covers the initial area unit for the trunk, arms, or legs. Report 15111 for qualifying additional area beyond that initial unit.

Which recipient sites belong to 15110?

15110 covers the trunk, arms, and legs. Epidermal autografts to the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia are represented by the separate site-specific code 15115.

What documentation supports 15110?

Document the recipient site, epidermal graft type, wound treated, and graft area. For infants and children, capture the body-surface-area measure used for code selection.

How does the global period affect postoperative visits?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. Medicare applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction when other procedures are performed in the same session.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 15110PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 1,488 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for VirginiaGPCI2026.csv, line 106 (RVU26D)

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