No office rate
47120 describes a partial lobectomy. Report 47125 when the operative report supports removal of the entire left lobe.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
47125 Liver resection Medicare reimbursement rates in Michigan
Report this operation when a surgeon removes the entire left lobe of the liver, rather than performing a smaller or more extensive resection. Compare 47125 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 47125 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
$2826.49–$3107.48
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.
Hepatobiliary surgery
About 47125: Total left liver lobectomy
Report this operation when a surgeon removes the entire left lobe of the liver, rather than performing a smaller or more extensive resection.
This code describes a formal resection of the liver’s entire left lobe, typically performed by a hepatobiliary or other surgeon in an operating room. It may be used to remove a localized liver tumor or other diseased tissue when the planned and completed operation involves the full left lobe. The operative report should make the resection extent clear; the size or number of lesions alone does not establish the code.
Select this code from the documented anatomy and extent of resection, distinguishing a complete left lobectomy from a partial lobectomy, trisegmentectomy, or complete right lobectomy. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the major-surgery global period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 47125
- 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
- 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
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU51.71 · 61%
- Practice expense (office) RVU19.64 · 23%
- Malpractice RVU13.27 · 16%
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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.
47125 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Michigan, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
47122 describes a trisegmentectomy, not a complete left lobectomy. Base selection on the resection anatomy documented by the surgeon.
No office rate
47130 describes a complete right lobectomy; 47125 is the corresponding code for the left lobe.
Compare 47125 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Detroit →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$3107.48
Rest Of Michigan →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$2826.49
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47125 billing questions
How does this differ from 47120?
47125 describes removal of the entire left lobe. Use 47120 for a partial lobectomy when the documented resection is smaller.
When would 47122 be the better choice?
47122 is for a trisegmentectomy. Choose based on the anatomic extent documented in the operative report, not simply the tumor’s size.
How do I distinguish this from 47130?
Both describe a complete lobectomy, but 47125 is for the left lobe and 47130 is for the right lobe.
What postoperative care is included?
The major-surgery global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is 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.
5,64847100,,Wedge biopsy of liver,A,,12.59,8.62,NA,8.62,,3.18,24.39,24.39,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,64947120,,Partial removal of liver,A,,38.03,17.31,NA,17.31,,9.53,64.87,64.87,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,65047122,,Extensive removal of liver,A,,57.99,21.40,NA,21.40,,14.84,94.23,94.23,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,65147125,,Partial removal of liver,A,,51.71,19.64,NA,19.64,,13.27,84.62,84.62,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,65247130,,Partial removal of liver,A,,55.76,20.56,NA,20.56,,14.19,90.51,90.51,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,65347133,,Removal of donor liver,X,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,65447135,,Transplantation of liver,R,,87.75,39.91,NA,39.91,,23.20,150.86,150.86,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,2,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00