CPT code 27510: Femur fracture care, condyle, with manipulation2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $672.69 for 27510 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 27510 covers

An orthopedic surgeon uses this code when treating a medial or lateral condyle fracture at the lower end of the femur by manipulating the fracture without surgically exposing it. The treatment may include reduction and immobilization, such as with a cast or brace. This is distinct from a femoral shaft fracture and from a distal femoral growth-plate injury. It may be performed in a hospital or other setting where the clinician can reduce and stabilize the fracture.

Select the code when the fracture location is the distal femoral condyle and manipulation is part of the closed treatment. The record should identify the fracture site and document the reduction and treatment provided. CMS 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 the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. For bilateral treatment reported with modifier 50, CMS pays at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment is restricted; 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 27510 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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27510 rates by state

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How the 27510 rate is calculated

Each of 27510’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 27510

27510 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

27510 compared with similar codes

How to choose

27508Femur fracture careDistal condyle, no manipulation

Use 27508 for closed treatment of a distal femoral condyle fracture without manipulation. This code requires manipulation as part of closed treatment.

27511Femur fractureOpen, no intercondylar extension

27511 is for open treatment of a medial or lateral distal femoral condyle fracture. Choose this code when the condyle fracture is treated closed with manipulation.

27513Distal femur repairSupracondylar or transcondylar

27513 concerns open treatment of a supracondylar or transcondylar fracture with intercondylar extension, rather than closed treatment of a medial or lateral condyle fracture.

27514Distal femur fractureIntercondylar extension, open

27514 concerns open treatment of a supracondylar or transcondylar fracture without intercondylar extension. This code instead describes closed treatment with manipulation of a condylar fracture.

Codes related to 27510

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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