CPT code 15130: Dermal autograft, trunk, arms, or legs2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $771.23 for 15130 nationally in the office and $550.45 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $681.54–$989.86.

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

What 15130 covers

A surgeon places dermis harvested from the patient onto a wound or defect on the trunk, an arm, or a leg. Plastic and burn surgeons commonly use dermal autografting to reconstruct deep burns or other wounds where a dermal graft is selected. This code covers the initial 100 square centimeters of treated area, or the corresponding 1% body surface area threshold for infants and children.

Report the code for the initial area and use 15131 for each additional area increment. Document the graft type, recipient site, and measured area; for infants and children, document the body surface area treated. The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Measure the graft area rather than appending modifier 50. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; 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.

Where 15130 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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15130 rates by state

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How the 15130 rate is calculated

Each of 15130’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 15130

15130 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

15130 compared with similar codes

How to choose

15131Dermal autograftEach additional 100 sq cm

15130 represents the initial graft area; 15131 represents each additional area increment in the same anatomic region.

15100Skin graftTrunk, arms, or legs

Choose 15100 for a split-thickness autograft on the trunk, arms, or legs; 15130 is for a dermal autograft.

15110Epidermal graftTrunk, arms, or legs

Choose 15110 for an epidermal autograft on the trunk, arms, or legs rather than a dermal autograft.

15135Dermal autograftSpecified sites, initial area

15135 is the dermal autograft code for face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia; 15130 is for the trunk, arms, or legs.

Codes related to 15130

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

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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