CPT code 28202: Tendon repair, flexor tendon with graft2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vallejo, CA

In Vallejo, CA, Medicare pays $721.89 for 28202 in the office and $455.99 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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What 28202 covers

This service reconstructs a flexor tendon in the foot with a free graft, such as when tendon damage or a chronic rupture leaves a defect that cannot be managed by direct repair alone. An orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon or podiatric surgeon typically performs the operation in a surgical facility. The graft is part of the reported service; this code is distinct from repair of an extensor tendon or flexor tendon repair without a graft.

Select the code when the operative report supports flexor tendon reconstruction using a graft, and document the affected tendon, injury or defect, and reconstructive work. The 90-day global period includes 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 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires 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.

How Vallejo, CA compares for 28202

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 28202 runs from $546.59 in Arkansas to $778.45 in San Benito County, CA. Vallejo, CA pays $721.89. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 28202 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 28202

28202 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 28202

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

How 28202 has changed in Vallejo, CA

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Where the Vallejo, CA rate applies

Vallejo, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 11 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Vallejo
• Allendale
• Benicia
• Dixon
• Elmira
• Fairfield
• Green Valley
• Hartley

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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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