HCPCS code G0079: Care management visit, new patient, 60 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $160.97 for G0079 in the office.

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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 G0079 covers

G0079 identifies a care-management home visit for a new patient, with a 60-minute service duration. It describes work delivered during a visit in the patient's residence, rather than a routine office encounter. The descriptor does not specify a diagnosis, particular disease, or required discipline; the record should explain what care-management work was performed and why the visit took place at home.

Select this code when the patient meets the applicable new-patient definition and the documented visit duration matches the 60-minute level, rather than an adjacent duration level. Document the home setting, new-patient status, duration, and the care-management activities performed. CMS assigns work, practice-expense, and malpractice relative value units to the service; those resource inputs inform physician fee schedule payment.

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 New Mexico compares for G0079

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for G0079 runs from $154.67 in Arkansas to $220.67 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $160.97. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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G0079 rates by state

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How the G0079 rate is calculated

Each of G0079’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 G0079

G0079 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 G0079

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

How G0079 has changed in New Mexico

Price G0079 for an earlier date of service

Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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