$148.29–$161.18
15271 reports application of a skin substitute for its designated anatomic site group; Q4344 identifies the Tri-Membrane Wrap product used with a primary procedure.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Q4344 Wound membrane Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Q4344 reports Tri-Membrane Wrap by square centimeter when the product is placed over a wound during a separately coded primary procedure. Compare Q4344 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 Q4344 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
$113.51–$129.29
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Wound care
About Q4344: Tri-Membrane wound wrap by area
Q4344 reports Tri-Membrane Wrap by square centimeter when the product is placed over a wound during a separately coded primary procedure.
Q4344 identifies Tri-Membrane Wrap, a named membrane product used as a wound covering. Wound-care clinicians and surgeons may place it over a prepared wound bed, including in care of chronic ulcers such as diabetic foot or venous leg ulcers. The product line represents the material; the procedure that prepares the wound and applies the covering is reported separately when appropriate.
Report the product by square centimeter and document the product used, wound site, and area placed. CMS classifies Q4344 as an add-on code: it must be billed with a primary procedure, and payment is within that procedure’s global period. CMS also classifies it as technical-component-only, with interpretation covered by a separate code. Application procedures such as 15271 or 15275 may be relevant depending on the wound location; use the procedure code that matches the service performed.
CMS billing rules for Q4344
- 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.
Q4344 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
$151.43–$163.35
15275 is an application procedure for a different anatomic site group from 15271. Q4344 identifies the product, not the wound-site application service.
$113.51–$129.29
Q4345 identifies Matrix HD Allograft, a different named wound product. Q4344 is specific to Tri-Membrane Wrap.
Compare Q4344 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
$129.29
Facility
Unavailable
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
$113.51
Facility
Unavailable
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Q4344 billing questions
Can Q4344 be billed by itself?
No. CMS identifies Q4344 as an add-on code that must be billed with a primary procedure.
How is the quantity reported?
The descriptor is per square centimeter. Record the Tri-Membrane Wrap product and the area placed on the wound.
Which application code may accompany Q4344?
The appropriate skin-substitute application procedure depends on wound location and the service performed. Codes 15271 and 15275 are examples for different anatomic site groups.
Is interpretation included in Q4344?
CMS classifies Q4344 as technical-component-only and indicates that a separate code covers interpretation.
How does the global-period rule affect payment?
Q4344 is paid within the global period of the primary procedure with which it is billed.
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.
18,428Q4341,,"Simplimax, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,429Q4342,,"Theramend, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,430Q4343,,Dermacyte ac matrx per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,431Q4344,,"Tri membrane wrap, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,432Q4345,,Matrix hd allogrft per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,433Q4346,,Shelter dm matrix per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,434Q4347,,Rampart dl matrix per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00