CPT code 15620: Flap delay, face, neck, hand, foot, other sites2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $450.74 for 15620 in the office and $291.75 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 15620 covers

This code covers a staged operation that delays a flap’s blood supply or sections a previously created flap, with division and inset. The covered sites are the face, scalp, neck, axilla, genitalia, hands, and feet. Plastic and reconstructive surgeons commonly perform this work in an operating room as part of staged reconstruction, such as preparing local tissue for later movement or completing a flap stage.

Select the code by the flap’s anatomic site, distinguishing these locations from the trunk, arms or legs, and eyelids, nose, ears, or lips. The operative report should identify the flap and site and describe the delay or sectioning, division, and inset performed. This major surgery code has 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 other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. 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.

How South Dakota compares for 15620

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 15620 runs from $408.81 in Arkansas to $610.38 in San Benito County, CA. South Dakota pays $450.74. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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15620 rates by state

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How the 15620 rate is calculated

Each of 15620’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 15620

15620 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 15620

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

How 15620 has changed in South Dakota

Price 15620 for an earlier date of service

Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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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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