CPT code 99002: Device handling, physician or QHP service2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Florida
Describes physician or qualified health care professional work handling or preparing a device while carrying out an order involving that device.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 99002 in Florida.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What 99002 covers
99002 identifies physician or qualified health care professional work performed in connection with carrying out an order involving a device. The work may involve handling or conveying the device, or another service that helps implement the order; examples include designing, fitting, or packaging a device. It describes the professional service around the order, rather than the device item itself. Physicians and other qualified health care professionals report the service for work they perform in implementing the device order.
For Medicare, 99002 has physician fee schedule status B. Medicare never pays this code separately; payment is included in payment for other services. This status means the code does not generate separate payment for device-order handling.
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.
Where 99002 pays more and less in Florida
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Miami, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Florida | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 99002 rate is calculated
Each of 99002’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.
How the rate is built · 99002
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
0.0000
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$0.00
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 99002
99002 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.
Place of service · 99002
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
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99002 isn’t priced in this setting.
99002 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 99000Specimen handlingOffice-to-lab transfer
- 99000 concerns handling or conveying a specimen from an office or other facility to a laboratory. 99002 concerns work connected with implementing an order involving a device.
- 99001Specimen handlingPatient to laboratory
- 99001 concerns specimen handling or conveyance from a patient to a laboratory. 99002 concerns device-order handling work.
- 99070Special suppliesBeyond usual service
- 99070 concerns special supplies or materials provided by a physician or qualified health care professional. 99002 concerns work connected with implementing an order involving a device.
99002 billing questions
When should I use 99002 rather than a specimen-handling code?
Use 99002 for work connected with implementing an order involving a device. Codes 99000 and 99001 concern specimen handling or conveyance to a laboratory.
Does Medicare pay 99002 separately?
No. Medicare assigns status B, so payment is included in payment for other services.
Does 99002 cover the device itself?
No. It describes professional handling or other work connected with implementing a device order, not the device item.
Can a modifier make 99002 separately payable by Medicare?
No. Medicare never pays 99002 separately; its payment is included in payment for other services.
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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