No office rate
30150 describes partial nose removal. Choose 30160 only when the operative report supports removal of the entire external nose.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
30160 Rhinectomy Medicare reimbursement rates in Ohio
Reports complete surgical removal of the external nose, generally for extensive disease when excision is more extensive than a partial rhinectomy. Compare 30160 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Ohio.
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 30160 in Ohio?
Ohio 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
$697.60
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Ohio
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.
Otolaryngology surgery
About 30160: Total surgical removal of the nose
Reports complete surgical removal of the external nose, generally for extensive disease when excision is more extensive than a partial rhinectomy.
A total rhinectomy removes the external nose in its entirety. Otolaryngologists and head and neck surgeons typically perform it in a hospital operating room, often to treat extensive nasal malignancy. The operative report should establish that the resection removed the whole external nose rather than a localized nasal lesion or only part of the nose.
Select this code based on the documented extent of resection, not simply the diagnosis or the size of a lesion. The procedure has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. 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 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery services may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 30160
- 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 RVU9.74 · 45%
- Practice expense (office) RVU10.64 · 49%
- Malpractice RVU1.42 · 7%
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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.
30160 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Ohio, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
30124 is for a localized nasal lesion excision; it does not represent total removal of the external nose.
$881.62
30117 addresses removal of an intranasal lesion. 30160 is for complete removal of the external nose.
Compare 30160 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$697.60
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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 30160 in Ohio.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
3,408
- Code
- 30160
- Physician work
- 9.74
- Practice expense
- 10.64
- Malpractice
- 1.42
GPCI2026.csv
85
- Locality
- Ohio
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.913
- Malpractice
- 1.008
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 9.74 | × 1.000 | 9.7400 |
| Practice expense | 10.64 | × 0.913 | 9.7143 |
| Malpractice | 1.42 | × 1.008 | 1.4314 |
| Total RVUs | 20.8857 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Ohio$697.60
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 9.74 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 10.64 | 0.913 |
| Malpractice | 1.42 | 1.008 |
(9.74 × 1 + 10.64 × 0.913 + 1.42 × 1.008) × $33.4009 = $697.60
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.
30160 billing questions
How does total rhinectomy differ from partial rhinectomy?
Use 30160 when the operative documentation supports removal of the entire external nose. Use 30150 when only part of the nose is removed.
Can a localized nasal lesion excision be reported as 30160?
No. A limited external nasal lesion excision is different from removal of the entire nose; select the code that reflects the documented extent of surgery.
Should modifier 50 be appended for bilateral work?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code.
What global period applies?
The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How are assistant and co-surgeon services handled?
Assistant-at-surgery services may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.
How does the multiple-procedure reduction affect another same-session service?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures performed in the same session are subject to the standard 50% reduction.
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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