No office rate
Use 35572 for femoropopliteal vein harvest from the lower extremity. Code 35500 concerns harvest of an upper-extremity vein segment.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
35572 Vein harvest Medicare reimbursement rates in Kansas
Reports harvesting a femoropopliteal vein segment as conduit during a qualifying vascular reconstruction, in addition to the primary operation. Compare 35572 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Kansas.
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 35572 in Kansas?
Kansas 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
No supported rate
Facility setting
$276.33
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Kansas
One mapped payment locality.
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.
Vascular surgery
About 35572: Femoropopliteal vein harvest for graft
Reports harvesting a femoropopliteal vein segment as conduit during a qualifying vascular reconstruction, in addition to the primary operation.
A vascular surgeon harvests a segment of femoropopliteal vein from the lower extremity for use as an autologous conduit in a vascular reconstruction. This may be selected for complex arterial repair, including reconstruction when a suitable native vein is needed. The work is typically performed in the operating room as part of the same surgical episode as the reconstruction, rather than as an independent service.
Report 35572 only with an eligible primary procedure; it is an add-on code, not a standalone harvest service. The harvest code represents the conduit-gathering work, while the primary code describes the vascular reconstruction. Documentation should identify the vein harvested, its use as graft material, and the associated primary procedure. CMS payment for this add-on is included within the primary procedure’s global period, so it does not carry a separate global period.
CMS billing rules for 35572
- 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 RVU6.64 · 72%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.87 · 9%
- Malpractice RVU1.68 · 18%
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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.
35572 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Kansas, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Code 35556 describes a femoral-popliteal bypass using vein; 35572 describes harvesting femoropopliteal vein for use as conduit and is an add-on to a primary procedure.
No office rate
Code 35583 describes a femoral-popliteal vein bypass operation. Code 35572 reports the distinct vein-harvest work and is not the bypass reconstruction code.
Compare 35572 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$276.33
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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 35572 in Kansas.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,366
- Code
- 35572
- Physician work
- 6.64
- Practice expense
- 0.87
- Malpractice
- 1.68
GPCI2026.csv
54
- Locality
- Kansas
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.904
- Malpractice
- 0.504
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 6.64 | × 1.000 | 6.6400 |
| Practice expense | 0.87 | × 0.904 | 0.7865 |
| Malpractice | 1.68 | × 0.504 | 0.8467 |
| Total RVUs | 8.2732 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Kansas$276.33
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 6.64 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.87 | 0.904 |
| Malpractice | 1.68 | 0.504 |
(6.64 × 1 + 0.87 × 0.904 + 1.68 × 0.504) × $33.4009 = $276.33
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.
35572 billing questions
Can 35572 be billed by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with an eligible primary procedure.
How is 35572 different from 35500?
35572 describes harvest of femoropopliteal vein from the lower extremity; 35500 is the corresponding harvest code for an upper-extremity vein.
Is 35572 the code for the bypass itself?
No. It reports harvesting the vein segment. Report the applicable primary code for the vascular reconstruction separately.
What should the operative note support?
Document the femoropopliteal vein harvest, its use as graft material, and the primary procedure performed with it.
Does 35572 have its own global period?
No. CMS treats payment for this add-on as part of the primary procedure’s global period.
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.
4,36335566,,Art byp fem-ant-post tib/prl,A,,31.54,5.36,NA,5.36,,8.06,44.96,44.96,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36435570,,Art byp tibial-tib/peroneal,A,,28.42,4.44,NA,4.44,,7.28,40.14,40.14,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36535571,,Art byp pop-tibl-prl-other,A,,24.88,4.69,NA,4.69,,6.37,35.94,35.94,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36635572,,Harvest femoropopliteal vein,A,,6.64,0.87,NA,0.87,,1.68,9.19,9.19,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36735583,,Vein byp grft fem-popliteal,A,,27.06,5.03,NA,5.03,,6.89,38.98,38.98,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36835585,,Vein byp fem-tibial peroneal,A,,31.54,5.55,NA,5.55,,8.06,45.15,45.15,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36935587,,Vein byp pop-tibl peroneal,A,,25.55,4.22,NA,4.22,,6.53,36.30,36.30,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5106102,IL,99,REST OF ILLINOIS,1.000,0.913,1.563
5208102,IN,00,INDIANA,1.000,0.927,0.486
5305102,IA,00,IOWA,1.000,0.915,0.397
5405202,KS,00,KANSAS,1.000,0.904,0.504
5515102,KY,00,KENTUCKY,1.000,0.889,0.915
5607202,LA,01,NEW ORLEANS,1.000,0.941,1.136
5707202,LA,99,REST OF LOUISIANA,1.000,0.885,0.958