CPT code 47379: Laparoscopic liver surgery, unlisted procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington, DC area

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 47379 in Washington, DC area.

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

What 47379 covers

47379 is the CPT unlisted code for a laparoscopic operation on the liver when the specific procedure performed has no dedicated CPT code. It is not a general substitute for a named laparoscopic liver service: laparoscopic radiofrequency or cryosurgical tumor ablation, for example, has specific codes. The operating surgeon reports it for work done through laparoscopic access. The operative report should identify the target, technique, extent of the work, and why no listed code describes the service.

Medicare assigns carrier-priced status C, so CMS publishes no national payment and the Medicare Administrative Contractor determines payment claim by claim. The contractor also sets the global period. Submit a precise procedure narrative and supporting operative documentation for review. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, Medicare’s standard multiple-procedure reduction applies: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are reduced to 50%.

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.

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How the 47379 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 47379

The CMS indicators that decide how 47379 is paid alongside other services.

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Codes related to 47379

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How 47379 has changed in Washington, DC area

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Where the Washington, DC area rate applies

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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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