$125.41–$131.74
Both cover shave removal on the trunk, arms, or legs; choose 11301 for a lesion measuring 0.6–1.0 cm rather than 1.1–2.0 cm.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
11302 Shave removal Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Reports shave removal of a 1.1–2.0 cm skin lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg when the lesion is removed at or near the skin surface. Compare 11302 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.
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 11302 in New Jersey?
New Jersey 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
$141.95–$149.07
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$51.13–$52.60
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.
Dermatology procedure
About 11302: Shave removal of trunk or limb lesion
Reports shave removal of a 1.1–2.0 cm skin lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg when the lesion is removed at or near the skin surface.
This service removes a skin lesion by shaving at or near the skin surface, without excising a full-thickness section of surrounding skin. It applies to a single lesion on the trunk, an arm, or a leg when its documented diameter falls in the 1.1–2.0 cm size group. Dermatologists and other clinicians who perform skin procedures commonly provide it in an office setting; the removed tissue may be submitted for pathology.
Select the code by the lesion’s location and diameter, and document the site, size, removal method, and clinical reason. Report each lesion separately rather than combining measurements. The procedure has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 11302
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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.
- 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 RVU1.02 · 26%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.83 · 72%
- Malpractice RVU0.09 · 2%
100.7K
Medicare services in 2024 · #557 by national volume
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.
11302 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
$158.75–$166.51
This is the larger-lesion code for the same trunk, arm, or leg site group; use it when the diameter exceeds 2.0 cm.
$142.42–$149.30
It covers the same diameter group as 11302, but for the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia rather than the trunk, arms, or legs.
$103.21–$108.55
11102 is for tangential sampling of a lesion for diagnosis. Use 11302 when the service is shave removal of the lesion in the specified site and size group.
Compare 11302 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
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
$149.07
Facility
$52.60
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
$141.95
Facility
$51.13
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11302 billing questions
Which lesion sites qualify for 11302?
Use it for a lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg measuring 1.1–2.0 cm. The shave codes for other anatomic site groups use different code families.
How does 11302 differ from a tangential biopsy?
11302 describes shave removal of the lesion. When the clinician takes only a sample for diagnosis rather than removing the lesion, consider the tangential biopsy code family, such as 11102.
How should multiple lesions be reported?
Report each lesion separately using its own site and diameter. When procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%.
Is same-day care included in the procedure?
The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. A separate service requires its own support and must not represent that included care.
Can an assistant or another surgeon be reported?
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.
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1,29711306,,Shave skin lesion 0.6-1.0 cm,A,,0.94,2.51,,0.20,,0.08,3.53,1.22,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,9,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00