HCPCS G0329: Ulcer therapyMedicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $10.69 for G0329 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $9.35–$14.44.

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

What G0329 covers

G0329 covers electromagnetic treatment applied to one or more chronic ulcer areas as part of a therapy plan of care. The qualifying wounds include stage III or IV pressure ulcers and arterial, diabetic, or venous stasis ulcers that have not shown measurable signs of healing after 30 days of conventional care. Wound-care clinicians and therapy practitioners may provide the service in settings such as an outpatient therapy department or wound clinic. This is a treatment modality, not a code for removing devitalized tissue.

Report the service per 15 minutes. Documentation should identify the ulcer site and type, pressure-ulcer stage when applicable, prior conventional care, lack of measurable healing, treatment time, and the therapy plan. CMS treats G0329 as a therapy service, so a professional component modifier does not apply. Under the therapy multiple procedure payment reduction, CMS reduces practice expense for the second and each later therapy unit furnished to the patient on the same day.

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 G0329 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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G0329 rates by state

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

How the G0329 rate is calculated

Each of G0329’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 G0329

The CMS indicators that decide how G0329 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

G0329 compared with similar codes

How to choose

G0281Wound stimulation

Use G0329 for electromagnetic treatment of qualifying chronic ulcers. G0281 describes unattended electrical stimulation for specified chronic ulcers.

G0282Elect stim wound care not pd

G0282 describes unattended electrical stimulation for wound care outside the G0281 indication; G0329 is electromagnetic treatment for its specified chronic-ulcer population.

97597Selective wound debridement

97597 reports selective debridement with removal of devitalized tissue. G0329 reports electromagnetic treatment, not tissue removal.

97602Wound(s) care non-selective

97602 reports nonselective wound debridement. Choose G0329 when electromagnetic treatment is performed instead of debridement.

Codes related to G0329

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

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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