CPT code 24152: Tumor resection, radial head and neck2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $1,224.14 for 24152 nationally in a facility.

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

What 24152 covers

An orthopedic surgeon, often an orthopedic oncologist, performs this operation to remove a tumor involving the radial head and neck of the radius. The surgeon removes the tumor-bearing bone as a radical resection; the code is not for a routine radial head excision or limited removal of a bone lesion. The service is generally performed in an operating room when the tumor’s location and extent call for definitive surgical removal.

Select the code from the operative report’s documented site and extent of tumor resection. Documentation should identify the radial head and neck and describe the tumor-directed radical removal, distinguishing it from partial bone excision, curettage, or resection of the elbow joint. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 24152 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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24152 rates by state

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How the 24152 rate is calculated

Each of 24152’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 24152

24152 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 50

24152 compared with similar codes

How to choose

24150Bone tumor resectionDistal or shaft humerus

Use 24152 for radical tumor resection involving the radial head and neck. Code 24150 describes radical tumor resection in the distal or shaft region of the humerus.

24149Elbow resectionRadical extent

24149 describes radical resection of the elbow. Choose 24152 when the documented radical tumor resection is specifically at the radial head and neck.

24145Bone excisionRadial head or neck

24145 is for partial bone excision at the radial head or neck. It does not represent the radical tumor resection reported with 24152.

24130Radial head excisionRemoval of radial head

24130 describes excision of the radial head, not radical removal of a tumor involving the radial head and neck.

Codes related to 24152

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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