No office rate
Use 65260 for a foreign body in the posterior segment removed by magnetic extraction. This code is for an object in the anterior chamber.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
65235 in Delaware
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$630.87
Base rate per service
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
Ophthalmic surgery
About 65235: Anterior chamber foreign body removal
Reports surgical removal of a foreign body located inside the eye’s anterior chamber, rather than a superficial or embedded external-eye object.
An ophthalmologist uses this code for surgical extraction of a foreign body from the eye’s anterior chamber. The object is inside the globe, distinguishing this service from removal of material on the conjunctiva or cornea. The procedure is generally performed in an operating-room setting when an intraocular object requires surgical access; the operative report should identify its anterior-chamber location and describe the extraction.
Select the code based on the object’s documented location, not simply the fact that it entered through an eye injury. Record the approach and removal details, along with any related injury and treatment. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. For bilateral reporting with modifier 50, CMS pays 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 65235
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU8.78 · 46%
- Practice expense (office) RVU9.54 · 50%
- Malpractice RVU0.71 · 4%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #4514 by national volume
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.
65235 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Delaware, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Use 65265 for nonmagnetic extraction of a posterior-segment foreign body. An anterior-chamber location supports this code instead.
$66.35
Code 65222 is for corneal foreign-body removal with slit-lamp assistance. It does not describe extraction of an object from inside the anterior chamber.
$37.87
Code 65210 addresses an embedded external-eye foreign body, not an object within the anterior chamber.
The same code, a different location
How does Delaware compare?
65235 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Delaware · This locality
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Other payment areas listed in Delaware appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.
The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.
Compare all 108 other payment areas
Alabama
Alabama · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$585.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$579.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$622.33
No comparable office rate is available.
Bakersfield
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$662.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Chico
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
El Centro
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Fresno
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Hanford-Corcoran
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Madera
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$743.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$692.88
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$668.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$687.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$684.37
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$696.01
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$781.29
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$780.49
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$797.72
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$794.42
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$673.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$699.28
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$685.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$706.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$742.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$660.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$654.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$671.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$658.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$633.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$646.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$605.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$669.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$594.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$597.63
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$634.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$621.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$664.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$600.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$593.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$598.23
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$620.04
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$597.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$706.85
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$652.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$669.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$640.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$601.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$624.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$640.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$610.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$628.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$615.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$620.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$591.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$585.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$635.57
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$605.71
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$621.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$596.33
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$645.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$706.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$678.97
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$613.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$631.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$734.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$684.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$722.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$612.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$608.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$596.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$669.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$627.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$658.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$608.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$638.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$649.15
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$607.84
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$619.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$595.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$651.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$605.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$629.88
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$633.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$630.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$631.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$644.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$617.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$614.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$623.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$638.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$620.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$650.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$718.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$605.83
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$604.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 65235
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$629.45
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
65235 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.
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| State / territory | Rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | No published base rate | 1 |
| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
| CT | No published base rate | 1 |
| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
| DE | No published base rate | 1 |
| FL | No published base rate | 3 |
| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
| GU | No published base rate | 1 |
| HI | No published base rate | 1 |
| IA | No published base rate | 1 |
| ID | No published base rate | 1 |
| IL | No published base rate | 4 |
| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
| KS | No published base rate | 1 |
| KY | No published base rate | 1 |
| LA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
| MT | No published base rate | 1 |
| NC | No published base rate | 1 |
| ND | No published base rate | 1 |
| NE | No published base rate | 1 |
| NH | No published base rate | 1 |
| NJ | No published base rate | 2 |
| NM | No published base rate | 1 |
| NV | No published base rate | 1 |
| NY | No published base rate | 5 |
| OH | No published base rate | 1 |
| OK | No published base rate | 1 |
| OR | No published base rate | 2 |
| PA | No published base rate | 2 |
| PR | No published base rate | 1 |
| RI | No published base rate | 1 |
| SC | No published base rate | 1 |
| SD | No published base rate | 1 |
| TN | No published base rate | 1 |
| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
Where does this rate apply?
Delaware is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware, including the examples shown here.
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 65235 in Delaware. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$693.96
$630.87 × 110% = $693.96
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 65235 in Delaware.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
7,307
- Code
- 65235
- Physician work
- 8.78
- Practice expense
- 9.54
- Malpractice
- 0.71
GPCI2026.csv
40
- Locality
- Delaware
- Physician work
- 1.005
- Practice expense
- 0.988
- Malpractice
- 0.899
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 8.78 | × 1.005 | 8.8239 |
| Practice expense | 9.54 | × 0.988 | 9.4255 |
| Malpractice | 0.71 | × 0.899 | 0.6383 |
| Total RVUs | 18.8877 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Delaware$630.87
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 8.78 | 1.005 |
| Practice expense | 9.54 | 0.988 |
| Malpractice | 0.71 | 0.899 |
(8.78 × 1.005 + 9.54 × 0.988 + 0.71 × 0.899) × $33.4009 = $630.87
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
How this rate has changed
65235 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $630.87 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $630.87 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $630.87 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $630.87 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $697.05 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $697.05 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $697.05 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $697.05 | RVU25A |
65235 billing questions
How does this differ from codes for corneal foreign-body removal?
Use this code when the foreign body is inside the anterior chamber. Codes 65220 and 65222 describe corneal foreign bodies, not an object within the globe.
How does this differ from 65260 and 65265?
Those codes are for foreign-body extraction from the posterior segment. This code is for an object in the anterior chamber.
Can this be reported for a foreign body embedded in the conjunctiva?
No. Code 65210 is the relevant option for an embedded conjunctival or other specified external-eye foreign body; this code requires an intraocular anterior-chamber location.
How is bilateral removal reported?
CMS identifies this as a bilateral procedure. When modifier 50 is used, payment is 150% under the stated Medicare rule.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted under the CMS rules provided.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
7,30465210,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,0.59,0.52,,0.28,,0.03,1.14,0.90,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,30565220,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,0.69,1.14,,0.35,,0.09,1.92,1.13,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,30665222,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,0.82,1.14,,0.39,,0.04,2.00,1.25,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,30765235,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,8.78,9.54,NA,9.54,,0.71,19.03,19.03,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,30865260,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,12.23,11.93,NA,11.93,,0.99,25.15,25.15,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,30965265,,Remove foreign body from eye,A,,13.98,13.10,NA,13.10,,1.12,28.20,28.20,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,31065270,,Repair of eye wound,A,,1.90,6.39,,1.50,,0.15,8.44,3.55,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3704112,CO,01,COLORADO,1.012,1.064,0.781
3813102,CT,00,CONNECTICUT,1.020,1.077,1.210
3912202,DC,01,DC + MD/VA SUBURBS,1.054,1.178,1.113
4012102,DE,01,DELAWARE,1.005,0.988,0.899
4109102,FL,03,FORT LAUDERDALE,1.000,1.013,1.808
4209102,FL,04,MIAMI,1.000,1.041,2.529
4309102,FL,99,REST OF FLORIDA,1.000,0.956,1.503