No office rate
This code is for therapeutic debridement. The diagnostic hip arthroscopy code describes inspection and evaluation rather than operative tissue treatment.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
29862 Hip arthroscopy Medicare reimbursement rates in Oregon
Report this code when a surgeon uses hip arthroscopy to remove damaged or unstable labral or articular cartilage tissue from the joint. Compare 29862 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Oregon.
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 29862 in Oregon?
Oregon 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
$737.05–$783.06
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.
Orthopedic surgery
About 29862: Hip arthroscopy with tissue debridement
Report this code when a surgeon uses hip arthroscopy to remove damaged or unstable labral or articular cartilage tissue from the joint.
An orthopedic surgeon performs this procedure through an arthroscope and small portals to inspect the hip joint and debride damaged or unstable tissue, such as a torn labral edge or frayed articular cartilage. It is a therapeutic procedure, commonly performed in a hospital outpatient department or ambulatory surgery center for a symptomatic intra-articular lesion. The operative report should identify the tissue treated and describe the debridement performed.
Select this service when debridement is the operative work, rather than removal of a loose body, synovectomy, or labral repair. A diagnostic inspection that is part of the same operative arthroscopy is not separately reported as a diagnostic procedure. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy family pricing applies. For bilateral reporting, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 29862
- 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
- Endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- 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 RVU10.89 · 48%
- Practice expense (office) RVU9.69 · 43%
- Malpractice RVU2.17 · 10%
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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.
29862 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Oregon, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Use 29861 when the hip arthroscopy removes a loose body or foreign body; use 29862 for debridement of damaged labral or articular cartilage tissue.
No office rate
This code represents hip arthroscopy with synovectomy. It is distinct from debridement of labral or articular cartilage tissue.
No office rate
Use 29916 when the surgeon repairs the acetabular labrum arthroscopically. Debridement without labral repair is reported with 29862.
Compare 29862 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Portland →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$783.06
Rest Of Oregon →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$737.05
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29862 billing questions
How is debridement different from hip arthroscopy for loose-body removal?
This code covers debridement of damaged labral or articular cartilage tissue. Report the loose-body removal code when the operative work is removal of a loose body or foreign body.
Can diagnostic hip arthroscopy be reported separately?
When diagnostic inspection is part of the same operative arthroscopy, it is not separately reported as a diagnostic procedure. The operative report should support the therapeutic debridement.
What documentation supports this code?
Document the hip joint findings, the tissue debrided, and the work performed. The record should distinguish debridement from loose-body removal, synovectomy, or labral repair.
What is the global period for this procedure?
CMS assigns a 90-day global period. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
How should bilateral hip procedures be reported?
CMS identifies this as a bilateral procedure; modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and 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.
3,34529856,,Tibial arthroscopy/surgery,A,,13.92,10.59,NA,10.59,,2.97,27.48,27.48,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34629860,,Hip arthroscopy dx,A,,8.78,7.95,NA,7.95,,1.69,18.42,18.42,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34729861,,Hip arthro w/fb removal,A,,9.85,8.01,NA,8.01,,1.82,19.68,19.68,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34829862,,Hip arthr0 w/debridement,A,,10.89,9.69,NA,9.69,,2.17,22.75,22.75,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34929863,,Hip arthr0 w/synovectomy,A,,10.89,9.66,NA,9.66,,2.12,22.67,22.67,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35029866,,Autgrft implnt knee w/scope,A,,14.30,11.98,NA,11.98,,3.04,29.32,29.32,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35129867,,Allgrft implnt knee w/scope,A,,17.93,13.53,NA,13.53,,3.83,35.29,35.29,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00