No office rate
32480 represents lobectomy. It is appropriate when a lobe is removed, not when the surgeon performs a lung revision without that defined resection.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
32940 Lung revision Medicare reimbursement rates in Colorado
Reports operative revision of lung tissue when the surgeon performs a corrective lung procedure rather than a defined lung resection or chest-wall repair. Compare 32940 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Colorado.
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.
What does Medicare pay for 32940 in Colorado?
Colorado has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$1164.67
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Colorado
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Thoracic surgery
About 32940: Operative revision of lung
Reports operative revision of lung tissue when the surgeon performs a corrective lung procedure rather than a defined lung resection or chest-wall repair.
CPT 32940 identifies an operative revision of the lung. It is distinct from removing a wedge, lobe, or entire lung, and from revising or repairing the chest wall. The operative report should make clear what lung tissue or prior lung alteration the surgeon corrected and what work was performed. This is a specialized thoracic surgical service; the supplied CMS data show no Medicare office or facility services for 2024.
Report the code only when the documented operation supports lung revision, rather than a more specifically described resection or another thoracic procedure. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code.
CMS billing rules for 32940
- 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 adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU20.81 · 59%
- Practice expense (office) RVU9.14 · 26%
- Malpractice RVU5.23 · 15%
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.
32940 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Colorado, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
32905 is a chest-wall thoracoplasty code. It addresses chest-wall work, whereas 32940 identifies revision of the lung.
32999
No office rateUnlisted px lungs & pleura
32999 is the unlisted code for lung and pleura procedures. Consider it when the documented operation lacks a specific code such as 32940.
Compare 32940 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1164.67
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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 32940 in Colorado.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
3,806
- Code
- 32940
- Physician work
- 20.81
- Practice expense
- 9.14
- Malpractice
- 5.23
GPCI2026.csv
37
- Locality
- Colorado
- Physician work
- 1.012
- Practice expense
- 1.064
- Malpractice
- 0.781
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 20.81 | × 1.012 | 21.0597 |
| Practice expense | 9.14 | × 1.064 | 9.7250 |
| Malpractice | 5.23 | × 0.781 | 4.0846 |
| Total RVUs | 34.8693 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Colorado$1164.67
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 20.81 | 1.012 |
| Practice expense | 9.14 | 1.064 |
| Malpractice | 5.23 | 0.781 |
(20.81 × 1.012 + 9.14 × 1.064 + 5.23 × 0.781) × $33.4009 = $1164.67
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.
32940 billing questions
How is 32940 different from a lung resection code?
Use 32940 for an operative lung revision when the work is not described by a specific resection code. A wedge resection or lobectomy should be evaluated under its respective code instead.
Is 32940 subject to a surgical global period?
Yes. The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How does the multiple-procedure rule affect 32940?
For procedures performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.
Should modifier 50 be appended for revision involving both lungs?
No. The CMS bilateral adjustment does not apply to 32940, and modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code.
What operative documentation supports 32940?
Document the lung tissue or prior lung alteration addressed, the corrective work performed, and why the operation is a revision rather than a separately defined resection or chest-wall procedure.
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.
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