No office rate
Use 65710 for a partial-thickness lamellar graft. Use 65730 for a full-thickness penetrating graft when the eye is not aphakic.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
65710 Corneal transplant Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida
Reports a partial-thickness corneal transplant that replaces diseased corneal layers while retaining healthy host layers, rather than replacing the full cornea. Compare 65710 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 65710 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
No supported rate
Facility setting
$981.09–$1060.16
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 65710 pays more and less in Florida
Ophthalmic surgery
About 65710: Lamellar corneal transplant
Reports a partial-thickness corneal transplant that replaces diseased corneal layers while retaining healthy host layers, rather than replacing the full cornea.
An ophthalmic surgeon performs a lamellar corneal transplant to replace diseased corneal tissue while preserving healthy layers of the patient’s cornea. The graft is partial thickness, distinguishing this operation from a full-thickness penetrating transplant. It is generally performed in an operating room, with the surgeon documenting the corneal condition and the layers replaced.
Select this code when the operative report supports a lamellar transplant; use the applicable penetrating or endothelial transplant code when the documented technique is different. The 90-day global period includes 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 the others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons are paid only with supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 65710
- 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 may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU14.09 · 48%
- Practice expense (office) RVU14.21 · 48%
- Malpractice RVU1.13 · 4%
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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.
65710 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Both are corneal transplants, but 65755 describes a penetrating graft in a pseudophakic eye; 65710 is selected for a lamellar technique.
No office rate
65756 is for an endothelial transplant technique. Choose 65710 when the documented procedure is a lamellar transplant rather than an endothelial graft.
Compare 65710 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
Unavailable
Facility
$1019.65
Miami →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1060.16
Rest Of Florida →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$981.09
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65710 billing questions
How does this differ from a penetrating corneal transplant?
This code is for a partial-thickness lamellar graft that preserves healthy host layers. A penetrating transplant replaces the full thickness of the cornea and is reported with the code matching the patient’s lens status.
What documentation supports selecting the lamellar code?
The operative report should describe the transplant technique and identify the corneal tissue layers replaced and retained. A diagnosis alone does not establish that the procedure was lamellar.
Are related postoperative visits separately included?
Related postoperative care during the 90-day global period is included, as is the day-before preoperative visit. The global period does not include unrelated services.
How is the code reported when both eyes are treated?
For a bilateral procedure, report modifier 50; CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
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.
7,32465436,,Curette/treat cornea,A,,4.70,6.66,,4.44,,0.38,11.74,9.52,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,32565450,,Treatment of corneal lesion,A,,3.38,6.38,,5.01,,0.26,10.02,8.65,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,32665600,,Revision of cornea,A,,4.10,8.81,,4.55,,0.33,13.24,8.98,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,32765710,,Corneal transplant,A,,14.09,14.21,NA,14.21,,1.13,29.43,29.43,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,32865730,,Corneal transplant,A,,15.94,14.75,NA,14.75,,1.28,31.97,31.97,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,32965750,,Corneal transplant,A,,16.48,14.24,NA,14.24,,1.31,32.03,32.03,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,33065755,,Corneal transplant,A,,16.37,14.20,NA,14.20,,1.31,31.88,31.88,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00