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CPT code 99315: Discharge management, 30 minutes or less2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Kansas

Reports nursing facility discharge management when a physician or qualified health care professional spends 30 minutes or less on discharge-day services.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality145.9K Medicare services in 2024

In Kansas, Medicare pays $81.21 for 99315 in the office and $69.73 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$81.21Office (non-facility)
$69.73Hospital or facility
−5.4%vs the national office rate ($85.84)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 99315 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

We’ll open 99315 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Kansas
  2. What 99315 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 99315 covers

This service covers the clinician’s work to complete a patient’s discharge from a nursing facility. It can include a final examination, discussion of the facility stay, instructions for care after discharge, and preparation of discharge records, prescriptions, or referral forms. Physicians and other qualified health care professionals commonly perform this work when a resident leaves for home or moves to another care setting.

Select this code when the total time spent on discharge management is 30 minutes or less; use 99316 when the time exceeds 30 minutes. Documentation should identify the discharge and describe the clinician’s discharge-related work and time. Routine nursing facility evaluation and management, such as an ongoing assessment of a resident who is not being discharged, is reported with the applicable nursing facility care code rather than this discharge service.

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 Kansas compares for 99315

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 99315 runs from $79.77 in Arkansas to $111.67 in Alaska. Kansas pays $81.21. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

99315 in Kansas vs other payment areas
  1. Kansas · this page$81.21
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$92.87+$11.66
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$94.71+$13.50
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$91.78+$10.57
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$90.25+$9.04
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$96.11+$14.90
  7. Alaska · Alaska$111.67+$30.46

Other areas in Kansas first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

99315 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama$80.44$69.34
ArkansasArkansas$79.77$68.86
ArizonaArizona$84.39$72.09
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$88.76$74.85
Chico, CACalifornia$88.44$74.53
El Centro, CACalifornia$88.45$74.54
Fresno, CACalifornia$88.44$74.53
Hanford, CACalifornia$88.44$74.53

99315 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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$79.77

$111.67

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99315 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$111.671
AL$80.441
AR$79.771
AZ$84.391
CA$88.44–$104.4229
CO$87.881
CT$89.991
DC$94.711
DE$85.391
FL$85.91–$91.783
GA$82.88–$87.122
GU$89.061
HI$89.061
IA$81.251
ID$81.641
IL$84.68–$90.254
IN$81.911
KS$81.211
KY$81.951
LA$81.95–$84.322
MA$87.77–$93.912
MD$86.49–$94.713
ME$82.09–$84.442
MI$83.38–$86.762
MN$84.671
MO$81.25–$84.283
MS$80.511
MT$85.831
NC$82.561
ND$84.051
NE$81.451
NH$86.811
NJ$91.15–$94.442
NM$83.731
NV$85.371
NY$83.31–$97.815
OH$83.021
OK$81.671
OR$84.82–$89.512
PA$82.99–$88.662
PR$86.161
RI$87.551
SC$82.901
SD$83.841
TN$81.471
TX$82.68–$87.508
UT$83.571
VA$84.40–$94.712
VI$86.161
VT$84.031
WA$87.51–$95.232
WI$82.391
WV$82.851
WY$85.061

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How the 99315 rate is calculated

Each of 99315’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 · 99315

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work1.50

1.50 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.98

0.98 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.09

0.09 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

2.5700

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$85.84

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact Kansas inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

13,052

Code
99315
Physician work
1.50
Practice expense
0.98
Malpractice
0.09

GPCI2026.csv

54

Locality
Kansas
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.904
Malpractice
0.504
Office calculation for 99315 in Kansas
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work1.50× 1.0001.5000
Practice expense0.98× 0.9040.8859
Malpractice0.09× 0.5040.0454
Total RVUs2.4313
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Kansas$81.21

Office: (1.5 × 1 + 0.98 × 0.904 + 0.09 × 0.504) × $33.4009 = $81.21

Facility: (1.5 × 1 + 0.6 × 0.904 + 0.09 × 0.504) × $33.4009 = $69.73

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Payment rules and modifiers for 99315

99315 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 · 99315

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

$85.84

Non-facility (office)
$85.84
Facility
$73.15

Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.

Codes related to 99315

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

Codes related to 99315
CodeHow it relatesOffice range, Kansas
Same family
99316Discharge management, more than 30 minutesNursing facility discharge management when total time exceeds 30 minutes.$130.75
Used instead
99307Nursing facility visit, subsequent visit, straightforward MDMSubsequent nursing facility care for a routine visit rather than discharge management.$39.62
99309Nursing facility visit, subsequent, moderate MDM or 30 minutesSubsequent nursing facility care selected by medical decision making or time for an ongoing visit.$107.85

How 99315 has changed in Kansas

99315 · Office / nonfacility

$81.21

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $6.62 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $74.59 to $81.21 (8.9%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $74.59changed to$81.21

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Practice expense RVU 0.83 changed to 0.98
    • Malpractice RVU 0.10 changed to 0.09
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.906 changed to 0.904
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.540 changed to 0.504

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $76.76changed to$74.59

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $75.51changed to$76.76

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $77.42changed to$75.51

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 0.81 changed to 0.83
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.907 changed to 0.906
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.499 changed to 0.540

  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $68.35changed to$77.42

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Work RVU 1.28 changed to 1.50
    • Practice expense RVU 0.72 changed to 0.81
    • Malpractice RVU 0.09 changed to 0.10
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.908 changed to 0.907
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.458 changed to 0.499

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $68.91changed to$68.35

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $70.92changed to$68.91

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 0.70 changed to 0.72
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.910 changed to 0.908
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.536 changed to 0.458

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $71.11changed to$70.92

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.911 changed to 0.910
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.615 changed to 0.536

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $70.81changed to$71.11

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391
    • Malpractice RVU 0.08 changed to 0.09

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. January 1, 2018

    RVU18AR1

    $70.88changed to$70.81

    • Conversion factor 35.8887 changed to 35.9996
    • Practice expense RVU 0.71 changed to 0.70
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.907 changed to 0.911
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.639 changed to 0.615

    Held through RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2017

    RVU17A

    $70.36changed to$70.88

    • Conversion factor 35.8043 changed to 35.8887
    • Practice expense RVU 0.70 changed to 0.71
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.903 changed to 0.907
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.662 changed to 0.639

    Held through RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D.

  12. January 1, 2016

    RVU16A

    $70.37changed to$70.36

    • Conversion factor 35.9335 changed to 35.8043
    • Malpractice RVU 0.07 changed to 0.08

    Held through RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D.

  13. July 1, 2015

    RVU15C

    $70.02changed to$70.37

    • Conversion factor 35.7547 changed to 35.9335

    Held through RVU15D.

  14. January 1, 2015

    RVU15A

    $70.40changed to$70.02

    • Conversion factor 35.8228 changed to 35.7547
    • Practice expense RVU 0.69 changed to 0.70
    • Malpractice RVU 0.08 changed to 0.07
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.899 changed to 0.903
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.810 changed to 0.662

    Held through RVU15B.

  15. January 1, 2014

    RVU14A

    $68.66changed to$70.40

    • Conversion factor 34.0230 changed to 35.8228
    • Practice expense RVU 0.74 changed to 0.69
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.894 changed to 0.899
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.957 changed to 0.810

    Held through RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D.

  16. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: $68.66

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$81.21$69.73RVU26D
2026-07-01$81.21$69.73RVU26C
2026-04-01$81.21$69.73RVU26B
2026-01-01$81.21$69.73RVU26A
2025-10-01$74.59$74.59RVU25D
2025-07-01$74.59$74.59RVU25C
2025-04-01$74.59$74.59RVU25B
2025-01-01$74.59$74.59RVU25A
2024-10-01$76.76$76.76RVU24D
2024-07-01$76.76$76.76RVU24C
2024-04-01$76.76$76.76RVU24B
2024-03-09$76.76$76.76RVU24AR
2024-01-01$75.51$75.51RVU24A
2023-10-01$77.42$77.42RVU23D
2023-07-01$77.42$77.42RVU23C
2023-04-01$77.42$77.42RVU23B
2023-01-01$77.42$77.42RVU23A
2022-10-01$68.35$68.35RVU22D
2022-07-01$68.35$68.35RVU22C
2022-04-01$68.35$68.35RVU22B
2022-01-01$68.35$68.35RVU22A
2021-10-01$68.91$68.91RVU21D
2021-07-01$68.91$68.91RVU21C
2021-04-01$68.91$68.91RVU21B
2021-01-01$68.91$68.91RVU21A
2020-10-01$70.92$70.92RVU20D
2020-07-01$70.92$70.92RVU20C
2020-04-01$70.92$70.92RVU20B
2020-01-01$70.92$70.92RVU20A
2019-10-01$71.11$71.11RVU19D
2019-07-01$71.11$71.11RVU19C
2019-04-01$71.11$71.11RVU19B
2019-01-01$71.11$71.11RVU19A
2018-10-01$70.81$70.81RVU18D
2018-07-01$70.81$70.81RVU18C
2018-04-01$70.81$70.81RVU18B
2018-01-01$70.81$70.81RVU18AR1
2017-10-01$70.88$70.88RVU17D
2017-07-01$70.88$70.88RVU17C
2017-04-01$70.88$70.88RVU17B
2017-01-01$70.88$70.88RVU17A
2016-10-01$70.36$70.36RVU16D
2016-07-01$70.36$70.36RVU16C
2016-04-01$70.36$70.36RVU16B
2016-01-01$70.36$70.36RVU16A
2015-10-01$70.37$70.37RVU15D
2015-07-01$70.37$70.37RVU15C
2015-04-01$70.02$70.02RVU15B
2015-01-01$70.02$70.02RVU15A
2014-10-01$70.40$70.40RVU14D
2014-07-01$70.40$70.40RVU14C
2014-04-01$70.40$70.40RVU14B
2014-01-01$70.40$70.40RVU14A
2013-10-01$68.66$68.66RVU13D
2013-07-01$68.66$68.66RVU13C
2013-04-01$68.66$68.66RVU13B
2013-01-01$68.66$68.66RVU13AR

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Where the Kansas rate applies

Kansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 740 cities and communities in Kansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • Abbyville
  • Abilene
  • Ada
  • Admire
  • Agenda
  • Agra
  • Albert
  • Alden

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99315 billing questions

How is 99315 distinguished from 99316?

Choose 99315 for discharge management totaling 30 minutes or less. Choose 99316 when the total time exceeds 30 minutes.

What work can be included in discharge management?

The service can include a final examination, discussion of the stay, post-discharge instructions, and preparation of records, prescriptions, or referral forms.

Should this code be used for a routine nursing facility visit?

No. For an ongoing nursing facility assessment when the resident is not being discharged, select the appropriate nursing facility care code.

What should the record support?

Document that the patient was discharged, the discharge-related work performed, and the total time spent on that work.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 99315PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 13,052 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for KansasGPCI2026.csv, line 54 (RVU26D)

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