CPT code 64897: Nerve graft, multiple strands, under 4 cm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $1,054.32 for 64897 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 64897 covers

A surgeon uses multiple strands of nerve graft to bridge a defect in a peripheral nerve in the arm or leg. This may follow traumatic nerve injury or removal of damaged nerve tissue when the remaining ends cannot be joined directly. Peripheral nerve, hand, plastic, orthopedic, or neurosurgeons may perform the reconstruction, typically in a hospital or ambulatory surgical setting. The graft length for this code is under 4 cm; hand and foot sites have separate codes in this family.

Choose the code based on the recipient site, number of graft strands, and graft length. The operative report should identify the arm or leg nerve reconstructed, document use of multiple strands, and support a graft length under 4 cm. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment 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 Mississippi compares for 64897

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 64897 runs from $1,023.49 in Arkansas to $1,421.44 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $1,054.32. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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64897 rates by state

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How the 64897 rate is calculated

Each of 64897’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 64897

64897 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 64897

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

How 64897 has changed in Mississippi

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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.

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