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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

27390 Adductor tendon release Medicare reimbursement rates in Missouri

Reports open division of one hip adductor tendon, commonly to address contracture or excessive muscle tightness affecting hip positioning. Compare 27390 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Missouri.

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 27390 in Missouri?

Missouri has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

No supported rate

Facility setting

$391.55–$411.05

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Missouri

Highest: Metropolitan St. Louis

A spread of $19.50 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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Where 27390 pays more and less in Missouri

Orthopedic surgery

About 27390: Open single adductor tendon release

Reports open division of one hip adductor tendon, commonly to address contracture or excessive muscle tightness affecting hip positioning.

This operation releases one adductor tendon at the hip through an open surgical approach. Orthopedic surgeons commonly perform it when adductor tightness or contracture limits hip positioning, including in patients with spasticity. The operative report should identify the adductor tendon treated and establish that the surgeon used an open approach; a percutaneous release is coded differently.

Report this code for one tendon, not a multiple-tendon release or a hamstring procedure. Documentation should describe the operative site, tendon released, approach, and reason for the release. CMS classifies the service as major surgery with a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. For bilateral surgery, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 27390

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 procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery may be paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU5.39 · 43%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU6.16 · 49%
  • Malpractice RVU1.05 · 8%

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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.

27390 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Missouri, from the same CMS release.

27391

Thigh tenotomy

Multiple tendons

No office rate

Choose 27390 when one hip adductor tendon is released through an open approach; 27391 is for multiple adductor tendons.

27000

Hip tenotomy

Percutaneous adductor release

No office rate

Both address hip adductor tenotomy, but 27000 describes a percutaneous approach; 27390 is the open procedure.

27392

Tendon incision

Open adductor tenotomy

No office rate

27392 is an open hamstring tendon-release code. Use 27390 for an open release of a hip adductor tendon.

Compare 27390 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

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

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27390 billing questions

When should this code be chosen over 27391?

Use this code for an open release of one hip adductor tendon. Code 27391 is the multiple-tendon counterpart.

Does this code cover a percutaneous adductor release?

No. This code represents an open release; percutaneous hip adductor tenotomy is reported with 27000.

What operative details support reporting this code?

Document the open approach, the specific hip adductor tendon released, and the clinical reason for the release. The record should make clear that one tendon was treated.

How is bilateral surgery reported?

Report modifier 50 for a bilateral procedure. CMS pays bilateral procedures at 150% under this code's payment rule.

Can an assistant surgeon be reported?

CMS permits assistant-at-surgery payment for this procedure. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

What postoperative care is included?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the 90 days after surgery.

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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