CPT code 65810: Eye drainage, anterior vitreous removal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $382.32 for 65810 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 65810 covers

This procedure removes vitreous from the eye’s anterior chamber through an anterior approach. It may be needed when vitreous prolapses forward after cataract surgery and threatens to obstruct the pupil or contact the cornea. Ophthalmologists typically perform it in an operating room or other surgical setting, using an approach suited to the location and extent of vitreous in the anterior chamber.

Choose 65810 when vitreous is removed, rather than aqueous fluid or blood; the operative note should identify the material, its location, the approach, and the clinical reason for removal. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 50%. For bilateral reporting with modifier 50, payment is at 150%. Medicare does not pay assistant-at-surgery services for this procedure, and co-surgeon and team-surgery billing 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 North Carolina compares for 65810

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 65810 runs from $365.94 in Arkansas to $501.78 in San Benito County, CA. North Carolina pays $382.32. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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65810 rates by state

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How the 65810 rate is calculated

Each of 65810’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 65810

65810 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 65810

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

How 65810 has changed in North Carolina

Price 65810 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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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