No office rate
Use 29883 when both the medial and lateral menisci are repaired. Use 29882 when the arthroscopic repair involves only one meniscus.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
29883 Meniscus repair Medicare reimbursement rates in Michigan
Reports knee arthroscopy with repair of both medial and lateral menisci, typically when tears in both compartments are treated during one operation. Compare 29883 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Michigan.
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 29883 in Michigan?
Michigan 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
$768.29–$829.87
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.
Orthopedic surgery
About 29883: Arthroscopic repair of both knee menisci
Reports knee arthroscopy with repair of both medial and lateral menisci, typically when tears in both compartments are treated during one operation.
During knee arthroscopy, the orthopedic surgeon uses a camera and instruments inserted through small incisions to repair torn meniscal tissue on both the medial and lateral sides of the knee. Repair may use sutures or fixation devices to stabilize the tissue. This procedure is typically performed in a hospital outpatient department or ambulatory surgery center for a patient with repairable tears in both menisci.
Report this code when the operative documentation supports repair of both menisci, not removal of torn tissue or repair of only one meniscus. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For bilateral procedures reported with modifier 50, CMS payment is 150%. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy-family pricing applies. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 29883
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- 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 RVU11.48 · 49%
- Practice expense (office) RVU9.64 · 41%
- Malpractice RVU2.41 · 10%
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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.
29883 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Michigan, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
29880 describes arthroscopic removal of meniscal tissue from both compartments. Choose 29883 when both menisci are repaired rather than resected.
No office rate
29881 describes arthroscopic removal of meniscal tissue from one compartment. It does not represent repair of both menisci.
No office rate
29868 is for arthroscopic meniscal transplantation. This code is for repairing existing medial and lateral meniscal tissue.
Compare 29883 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Detroit →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$829.87
Rest Of Michigan →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$768.29
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29883 billing questions
How does this differ from 29882?
This code is for arthroscopic repair of both the medial and lateral menisci. Code 29882 is for repair of one meniscus.
Can meniscectomy be reported instead when tissue is removed?
No. Repair and removal are different services: use a meniscectomy code when torn meniscal tissue is resected rather than repaired. Codes 29880 and 29881 distinguish removal from both menisci versus one.
What operative documentation supports this code?
Document the repair of each meniscus, identifying medial and lateral involvement and describing the work performed. The record should distinguish repair from debridement or tissue removal.
How is bilateral knee surgery handled?
For procedures performed on both knees, CMS payment with modifier 50 is 150%. The operative record should support treatment of both knees.
Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be billed?
Assistant-at-surgery payment is allowed only when medical necessity is documented. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.
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.
3,36129880,,Arthrs kne srg mnisectmy m&l,A,,7.21,7.28,NA,7.28,,1.47,15.96,15.96,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,0,1,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36229881,,Arthrs kne srg mnisectmy m/l,A,,6.85,7.19,NA,7.19,,1.40,15.44,15.44,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,0,0,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36329882,,Arthrs kne srg mnisc rpr m/l,A,,9.36,8.00,NA,8.00,,1.86,19.22,19.22,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,1,0,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36429883,,Arthrs kne srg mnisc rpr m&l,A,,11.48,9.64,NA,9.64,,2.41,23.53,23.53,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,0,0,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36529884,,Arthrs knee surg lysis ads,A,,8.07,7.82,NA,7.82,,1.66,17.55,17.55,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36629885,,Arthrs kne srg drlg ost diss,A,,9.95,9.26,NA,9.26,,2.12,21.33,21.33,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,36729886,,Arthrs knee surg drlg od les,A,,8.28,8.07,NA,8.07,,1.76,18.11,18.11,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,1,0,0,9,29870,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00