$364.20–$405.38
Use 15002 for the initial qualifying area on the trunk, arms, or legs; use 15003 only for additional qualifying area and only with 15002.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
15003 Wound preparation Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida
Reports additional surgical preparation of a trunk, arm, or leg wound bed when excision of damaged tissue extends beyond the initial area. Compare 15003 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.
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 15003 in Florida?
Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$75.96–$85.76
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$42.43–$49.25
3 of 3 localities have a 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.
Where 15003 pays more and less in Florida
3 payment localities
$75.96 to $85.76
Surgical wound care
About 15003: Additional wound recipient-site preparation
Reports additional surgical preparation of a trunk, arm, or leg wound bed when excision of damaged tissue extends beyond the initial area.
This add-on reports further surgical preparation of a wound recipient site on the trunk, an arm, or a leg after the initial area has been reported. The surgeon excises open-wound tissue, burn eschar, or scar, including subcutaneous tissue, to ready the wound bed for grafting or another reconstructive treatment. Plastic, burn, and other surgeons commonly perform this work in an operating room or procedure facility.
Report 15003 for each additional 100 square centimeters, or each additional 1% of body surface area in infants and children, beyond the initial area represented by 15002. The operative record should identify the treated body site, the excised tissue, and the total recipient-site area prepared. CMS classifies 15003 as an add-on: it must be billed with its primary procedure, 15002, and is paid within that procedure’s global period.
CMS billing rules for 15003
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.78 · 35%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.28 · 57%
- Malpractice RVU0.18 · 8%
42.8K
Medicare services in 2024 · #839 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.
15003 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
$127.61–$144.46
15005 covers additional recipient-site preparation at specified sites including the face, scalp, hands, and feet; 15003 is for the trunk, arms, or legs.
$130.58–$143.16
11042 reports debridement by depth and tissue removed. 15003 reports surgical preparation of a recipient site for reconstruction, measured by additional area.
Compare 15003 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
3 of 3 payment localities
Fort Lauderdale →
Office / nonfacility
$80.23
Facility
$44.70
Miami →
Office / nonfacility
$85.76
Facility
$49.25
Rest Of Florida →
Office / nonfacility
$75.96
Facility
$42.43
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15003 billing questions
When is 15003 reported instead of 15002?
15002 represents the initial qualifying area on the trunk, arms, or legs. Report 15003 for each additional 100 square centimeters, or each additional 1% of body surface area in infants and children.
Can 15003 be billed by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with 15002 for the initial area.
Does wound-bed preparation include the graft placement?
No. The preparation describes excision to ready the recipient site; graft or other reconstructive treatment is a separate service when performed and reportable.
What documentation supports additional units?
Document the anatomic site, the tissue excised, and the total recipient-site area prepared. The recorded area should support each additional 100-square-centimeter increment or, for an infant or child, each additional 1% body-surface-area increment.
How does the global-period rule affect 15003?
CMS treats 15003 as an add-on paid within the primary procedure’s global period. It is not reported as a standalone service.
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.
1,4641493F,,Dem severity class severe,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,4651494F,,Cognit assessed and reviewed,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,46615002,,Wound prep trk/arm/leg,A,,3.56,6.66,,1.69,,0.65,10.87,5.90,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,46715003,,Wound prep addl 100 cm,A,,0.78,1.28,,0.23,,0.18,2.24,1.19,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,46815004,,Wound prep f/n/hf/g,A,,4.47,7.02,,1.76,,0.62,12.11,6.85,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,46915005,,Wnd prep f/n/hf/g addl cm,A,,1.56,1.83,,0.44,,0.34,3.73,2.34,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,4701500F,,Symptom&sign symm polyneuro,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00