$750.09
Use 68371 for recovering eye tissue for allograft use. Code 68320 describes reconstructive work at the recipient site.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
68371 Eye tissue harvest Medicare reimbursement rates in Minnesota
Reports surgical recovery of eye tissue intended for allograft use, distinct from reconstructive surgery that places graft material at a recipient site. Compare 68371 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Minnesota.
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 68371 in Minnesota?
Minnesota 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
$354.53
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Minnesota
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.
Ophthalmic surgery
About 68371: Ocular tissue recovery for allograft
Reports surgical recovery of eye tissue intended for allograft use, distinct from reconstructive surgery that places graft material at a recipient site.
An ophthalmic surgeon surgically recovers ocular tissue for use as an allograft. The service is the tissue-recovery step, not the later operation that repairs the recipient eye or places graft material. Documentation should identify the donor eye, tissue recovered, laterality, and the allograft purpose of the recovery.
Report the code for the tissue-harvest service itself, rather than for recipient-site reconstruction. The CMS global period is 10 days, so related postoperative visits during that period are included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. For bilateral reporting, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 68371
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 10-day global period: related postoperative visits for 10 days 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 procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- 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 RVU4.96 · 46%
- Practice expense (office) RVU5.38 · 50%
- Malpractice RVU0.40 · 4%
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.
68371 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Minnesota, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Code 68325 concerns recipient-site conjunctival reconstruction; 68371 is the separate tissue-recovery service.
No office rate
Code 68328 describes ocular-surface reconstruction using graft-related treatment, while 68371 reports recovery of tissue for allograft use.
Compare 68371 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.
1 of 1 payment localities
Minnesota →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$354.53
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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 68371 in Minnesota.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
7,550
- Code
- 68371
- Physician work
- 4.96
- Practice expense
- 5.38
- Malpractice
- 0.40
GPCI2026.csv
66
- Locality
- Minnesota
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 1.029
- Malpractice
- 0.296
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 4.96 | × 1.000 | 4.9600 |
| Practice expense | 5.38 | × 1.029 | 5.5360 |
| Malpractice | 0.40 | × 0.296 | 0.1184 |
| Total RVUs | 10.6144 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Minnesota$354.53
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 4.96 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 5.38 | 1.029 |
| Malpractice | 0.4 | 0.296 |
(4.96 × 1 + 5.38 × 1.029 + 0.4 × 0.296) × $33.4009 = $354.53
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.
68371 billing questions
Is this code for harvesting tissue or placing a graft?
It covers surgical recovery of ocular tissue for allograft use. Codes for recipient-site repair or graft placement describe a different service.
What documentation supports reporting the service?
Document the donor eye, tissue recovered, laterality, and that the tissue was recovered for allograft use.
Are related postoperative visits separately reported?
Related postoperative visits during the 10-day global period are included in this service.
How is bilateral reporting handled?
When the procedure is performed bilaterally, modifier 50 is paid at 150% under the CMS rule for this code.
Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be reported?
Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code. 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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7,55068371,,Harvest eye tissue alograft,A,,4.96,5.38,NA,5.38,,0.40,10.74,10.74,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,55168399,,Unlisted px conjunctiva,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,55268400,,I&d lacrimal gland,A,,1.70,7.02,,1.54,,0.14,8.86,3.38,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,55368420,,I&d lacrimal sac,A,,2.29,7.43,,1.75,,0.18,9.90,4.22,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6314212,MA,99,REST OF MASSACHUSETTS,1.016,1.053,0.797
6408202,MI,01,DETROIT,1.000,0.965,1.686
6508202,MI,99,REST OF MICHIGAN,1.000,0.913,1.129
6606202,MN,00,MINNESOTA,1.000,1.029,0.296
6707302,MS,00,MISSISSIPPI,1.000,0.861,0.739
6805302,MO,02,METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY,1.000,0.939,0.977
6905302,MO,01,METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS,1.000,0.952,1.002