Q4223 identifies a different wound-care product. Use Q4224 for HHF10-P and select Q4223 only when that code’s product was used.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Q4224 Wound matrix Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Q4224 represents HHF10-P by square-centimeter quantity when the product is used with a primary wound-treatment procedure. Compare Q4224 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 Q4224 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
$117.08–$126.11
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.
Skin substitute product
About Q4224: HHF10-P wound matrix per area
Q4224 represents HHF10-P by square-centimeter quantity when the product is used with a primary wound-treatment procedure.
Q4224 identifies HHF10-P, a wound-care tissue product reported by square-centimeter quantity. It represents the product used during wound treatment, rather than the clinician’s work to prepare or apply it. Wound-care clinicians and surgeons may use the product in outpatient or facility settings when treating a wound and performing a separately coded primary procedure.
Report Q4224 with the applicable primary procedure, not by itself; CMS treats it as an add-on code paid within that procedure’s global period. Record the product and the square-centimeter quantity used, along with the wound site and the associated procedure. CMS classifies Q4224 as technical-component-only, with interpretation covered by a separate code. The primary procedure code describes the wound treatment; Q4224 identifies the HHF10-P product quantity.
CMS billing rules for Q4224
- 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.
Q4224 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
Q4225 identifies a different product, despite also being reported by square-centimeter quantity. The product used determines which HCPCS code applies.
CPT 15271 reports a skin substitute application service at a qualifying site; Q4224 reports the HHF10-P product quantity and is billed with a primary procedure.
Compare Q4224 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
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$117.08
Facility
Unavailable
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$126.11
Facility
Unavailable
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Q4224 billing questions
Can Q4224 be reported by itself?
No. CMS identifies Q4224 as an add-on code that must be billed with a primary procedure.
Which service is commonly paired with Q4224?
Pair it with the applicable skin substitute application procedure, such as CPT 15271 for a qualifying trunk, arm, or leg site.
How should the quantity be documented?
Document the HHF10-P product and the square-centimeter quantity used, along with the treated wound site and the primary procedure.
Does Q4224 include the wound application work?
No. Q4224 identifies the product quantity; report the appropriate primary procedure for the wound-treatment service.
Is there a separate interpretation component?
CMS classifies Q4224 as technical-component-only and states that a separate code covers interpretation.
How does Q4224 differ from Q4223?
Both are product-specific codes reported by square-centimeter quantity, but Q4224 identifies HHF10-P and Q4223 identifies a different product. Select the code matching the product used.
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.
