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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

Q4401 Wound product Medicare reimbursement rates in Connecticut

Q4401 identifies Absolv3 wound product by square centimeter when it is used with a primary skin-substitute application procedure. Compare Q4401 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Connecticut.

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 Q4401 in Connecticut?

Connecticut 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

$137.06

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Connecticut

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

No supported rate

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.

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Wound care

About Q4401: Absolv3 wound product per square centimeter

Q4401 identifies Absolv3 wound product by square centimeter when it is used with a primary skin-substitute application procedure.

Q4401 identifies the Absolv3 product used to cover a wound; it is not the clinician’s application service. Clinicians providing wound care, including physicians and other qualified practitioners, may use it in an office or hospital outpatient setting for wounds such as diabetic foot or venous leg ulcers. The code’s unit is one square centimeter of product, so the claim should reflect the product and quantity used for the treated wound.

Report Q4401 only with the primary procedure for applying the product, selected for the wound site and area. Documentation should identify Absolv3, describe the wound and treated area, and support the billed square-centimeter units. CMS classifies Q4401 as an add-on code, with payment within the primary procedure’s global period. It is technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.

CMS billing rules for Q4401

Global period
Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Professional and technical components
Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.00 · 0%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU3.81 · 100%
  • Malpractice RVU0.00 · 0%

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.

Q4401 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Connecticut, from the same CMS release.

Q4400

Wound matrix

Polygon3 per square centimeter

$137.06

Q4400 identifies Polygon3, while Q4401 identifies Absolv3. Choose the code for the product actually used, not by wound size or application technique.

Q4402

Wound product

Xwrap 2.0, per square centimeter

$137.06

Q4402 identifies Xwrap 2.0; Q4401 identifies Absolv3. Both are product codes reported by square centimeter, so distinguish them by product identity.

15271

Skin substitute graft

First 25 cm², trunk/limbs

$168.30

Q4401 identifies the Absolv3 product; 15271 reports the application service for qualifying wounds on the trunk, arms, or legs. They represent different parts of the claim.

Compare Q4401 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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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 Q4401 in Connecticut.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

18,486

Code
Q4401
Physician work
0.00
Practice expense
3.81
Malpractice
0.00

GPCI2026.csv

38

Locality
Connecticut
Physician work
1.020
Practice expense
1.077
Malpractice
1.210
Office / nonfacility calculation for Q4401 in Connecticut
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.00× 1.0200.0000
Practice expense3.81× 1.0774.1034
Malpractice0.00× 1.2100.0000
Total RVUs4.1034
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Connecticut$137.06

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work01.02
Practice expense3.811.077
Malpractice01.21

(0 × 1.02 + 3.81 × 1.077 + 0 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $137.06

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.

Q4401 billing questions

When should Q4401 be chosen over Q4400 or Q4402?

Use Q4401 when Absolv3 is the product used. Q4400 identifies Polygon3, and Q4402 identifies Xwrap 2.0; report the product actually applied.

What primary service must accompany Q4401?

Q4401 is billed only with the primary procedure for applying the product. Select that procedure according to the wound site and area treated.

How are units determined?

The product is reported per square centimeter. Document the treated wound area and the quantity of Absolv3 used to support the units.

Does Q4401 represent the clinician’s application or interpretation?

No. Q4401 identifies the product and is technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation. The application is reported through the primary 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.

RVUs for Q4401PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 18,486 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ConnecticutGPCI2026.csv, line 38 (RVU26D)