CPT code 25118: Tendon sheath excision, wrist tenosynovectomy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $359.23 for 25118 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 25118 nationwide

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

What 25118 covers

A hand or orthopedic surgeon removes abnormal synovial tissue from around wrist tendons, as in a tenosynovectomy for persistent inflammatory or proliferative tenosynovitis. A typical clinical setting is surgery for wrist tendon-sheath disease, including disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis. The operative target is the tendon sheath and its diseased lining, not the tendon itself or the wrist joint lining.

Report the code when the documented procedure excises wrist tendon sheath tissue; a discrete cyst or other focal lesion may instead point to a lesion-excision code. The operative report should identify the wrist, the involved sheath or tendon compartment, the condition treated, and the tissue removed. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery services are not paid; 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 New Mexico compares for 25118

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 25118 runs from $328.68 in Arkansas to $458.97 in San Benito County, CA. New Mexico pays $359.23. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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25118 rates by state

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How the 25118 rate is calculated

Each of 25118’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 25118

25118 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

Codes related to 25118

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

How 25118 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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