CPT code 81479: Molecular pathology, unlisted procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 81479 in Connecticut.

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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 81479 covers

81479 identifies an unlisted molecular pathology procedure: a molecular pathology service for which no more specific procedure code describes the work. A molecular diagnostic or clinical laboratory may report it when the service does not fit a defined molecular pathology code. Selection depends on the procedure performed, not simply on the fact that a test concerns genetic material or was ordered for an inherited or cancer-related condition. Specific codes describe services such as mitochondrial gene analysis, whole mitochondrial genome analysis, and genomic profiling.

Medicare assigns status X, meaning the service is not paid under the physician fee schedule because it is not a physician service under the Medicare statute. When covered, payment is made under another fee schedule or payment system. Use a specific molecular pathology code when the performed service meets that code's definition rather than reporting 81479. The unlisted code does not identify a particular assay or gene-count tier.

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 Connecticut compares for 81479

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How the 81479 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 81479

81479 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 81479

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

How 81479 has changed in Connecticut

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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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