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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

29200 Chest strapping Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine

Report thoracic strapping when supportive tape is applied to the chest wall to limit movement or support the area after a musculoskeletal injury. Compare 29200 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.

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 29200 in Maine?

Maine 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

$29.80–$31.11

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Maine

Highest: Southern Maine

A spread of $1.31 per service.

Facility setting

$15.05–$15.22

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Maine

Highest: Southern Maine

A spread of $0.17 per service.

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.

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Strapping

About 29200: Thoracic strapping application

Report thoracic strapping when supportive tape is applied to the chest wall to limit movement or support the area after a musculoskeletal injury.

Code 29200 represents application of supportive tape to the thorax, generally to limit chest-wall movement or support the area after a musculoskeletal injury such as a rib injury. A physician or other qualified practitioner performs the strapping in an office or outpatient setting. The treated area must be the thorax, rather than the shoulder, arm, hand, or fingers.

Select the code by the anatomy treated. Document the indication, thoracic site, and strapping application. Medicare assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are paid at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 29200

Global period
Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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
Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.38 · 40%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.55 · 59%
  • Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%

14.5K

Medicare services in 2024 · #1275 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.

29200 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.

29240

Shoulder strapping

$27.34–$28.46

Choose 29240 when the strapping is applied to the shoulder. Code 29200 is for strapping of the thorax.

29260

Joint strapping

Elbow or wrist

$27.24–$28.34

Choose 29260 for strapping of the elbow or wrist; use 29200 when the treated area is the thorax.

29280

Hand strapping

Hand or finger

$28.27–$29.42

Choose 29280 for strapping of the hand or fingers, not for thoracic strapping.

Compare 29200 by payment locality

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2 of 2 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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29200 billing questions

When should I choose 29200 instead of another strapping code?

Use 29200 when the strapping is applied to the thorax. Strapping of the shoulder, elbow or wrist, or hand or fingers belongs to a different site-specific code.

Is same-day evaluation and management included?

The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. Document the thoracic strapping and the reason for it.

Should modifier 50 be appended for strapping on both sides of the chest?

No. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code under the CMS bilateral adjustment rule.

How is 29200 affected when another procedure is performed in the same session?

The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and the other procedure or procedures are paid at 50% under the standard multiple procedure reduction.

Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be paid for this service?

Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for 29200. Co-surgeons and team surgery are 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.

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