CPT code 47399: Liver procedure, no specific CPT code2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington, DC area

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 47399 in Washington, DC area.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 47399 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 47399 covers

Surgeons report CPT 47399 for a liver procedure when no specific CPT code describes the operation performed. It is the general unlisted liver procedure code, rather than a code for a defined technique such as radiofrequency ablation. For an unlisted laparoscopic liver procedure, 47379 is the more specific code for that approach. The operative documentation and claim submission should explain the procedure and its scope.

Medicare assigns 47399 status C: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The contractor also sets the global period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. The documentation should make the service being priced clear.

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 Washington, DC area compares for 47399

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47399 rates by state

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How the 47399 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 47399

The CMS indicators that decide how 47399 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 47399

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

How 47399 has changed in Washington, DC area

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Where the Washington, DC area rate applies

Washington, DC area is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 1 cities and communities in District of Columbia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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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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