CPT code 27610: Ankle arthrotomy, exploration, drainage, or foreign body2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $559.47 for 27610 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 27610 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 27610 covers

The surgeon opens the ankle joint to inspect it, drain it, or remove a foreign body. This is an open operative procedure, not an office aspiration or an arthroscopic service. Orthopedic surgeons commonly perform it in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center when the joint requires direct surgical access, such as for operative drainage or retrieval of material lodged within the joint.

Choose the code from the documented joint procedure and work performed; the operative report should identify the ankle joint, the reason for opening it, and any drainage or foreign-body removal. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included. 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 reporting with modifier 50, payment is at 150%. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code, and 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 Mississippi compares for 27610

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 27610 runs from $546.69 in Arkansas to $750.34 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $559.47. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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27610 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 27610 rate is calculated

Each of 27610’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 27610

27610 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 27610

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

How 27610 has changed in Mississippi

Price 27610 for an earlier date of service

Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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