$195.21–$216.70
Choose 30310 when removal requires general anesthesia; 30300 is the office-type service.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
30310 Nasal foreign body removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Report 30310 for removing a nasal foreign body when the extraction requires general anesthesia, commonly for an impacted object or an uncooperative child. Compare 30310 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
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 30310 in Georgia?
Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$179.70–$194.31
2 of 2 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.
Otolaryngology
About 30310: Nasal foreign body removal under general anesthesia
Report 30310 for removing a nasal foreign body when the extraction requires general anesthesia, commonly for an impacted object or an uncooperative child.
Code 30310 describes extraction of an object from the nasal passage when the procedure requires general anesthesia. Otolaryngologists commonly perform it in an operating room, including for a child who cannot safely tolerate extraction while awake or an object that is difficult to remove in an office setting. The record should identify the foreign body and nostril, describe the clinical circumstances, and support why general anesthesia was needed.
Choose 30310 based on the need for general anesthesia, not simply because the object is present or removal uses instruments. A 10-day global period includes related postoperative visits during that period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 30310
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 10-day global period: related postoperative visits for 10 days 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 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 RVU1.96 · 34%
- Practice expense (office) RVU3.46 · 61%
- Malpractice RVU0.28 · 5%
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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.
30310 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
30320 identifies removal by lateral rhinotomy. 30310 identifies removal requiring general anesthesia without that specified approach.
Compare 30310 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.
2 of 2 payment localities
Atlanta →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$194.31
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$179.70
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30310 billing questions
How does 30310 differ from 30300?
30310 is for removal requiring general anesthesia. 30300 is the office-type removal option when general anesthesia is not required.
When is 30320 a better fit?
30320 describes removal by lateral rhinotomy. Use 30310 when general anesthesia is required and the removal is not performed by that approach.
Are related postoperative visits separately payable during the global period?
Related postoperative visits during the 10-day global period are included in 30310.
Can modifier 50 be appended for an object in each nostril?
No. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service; the bilateral adjustment does not apply.
What must the record support for 30310?
Document the object and nostril, the removal circumstances, and why general anesthesia was required. Assistant-at-surgery payment also requires documentation of medical necessity.
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.
3,4213027F,,Spirom fev/fvc>=70%/w/ocopd,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
3,4223028F,,O2 saturation doc rev,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
3,42330300,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,1.06,5.15,,2.24,,0.16,6.37,3.46,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,42430310,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,1.96,3.46,NA,3.46,,0.28,5.70,5.70,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,42530320,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,4.52,8.40,NA,8.40,,0.65,13.57,13.57,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,4263035F,,O2 saturation<=88%/pao<=55,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
3,4273037F,,O2 saturation >88%/pao>55 hg,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