Billing code 68371: Eye tissue harvestMedicare rate & RVUs in Utah
Reports surgical recovery of eye tissue intended for allograft use, distinct from reconstructive surgery that places graft material at a recipient site.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 68371 in Utah.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What 68371 covers
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.
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 in Utah
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | Unavailable | $346.58 |
How the 68371 rate is calculated
Each of 68371’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.
How the rate is built · 68371
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
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Work 4.96Practice expense 5.38Malpractice 0.40
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Payment rules and modifiers for 68371
68371 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.
CMS payment indicators · 68371
Eye tissue harvest
| Rule | CMS value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Global period | 010 | Minor procedure: the day of the procedure plus 10 days after are included. |
| Multiple procedures | 2 | Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%. |
| Bilateral (modifier 50) | 1 | Bilateral with modifier 50 pays 150% of the fee schedule amount. |
| Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS) | 1 | Not paid (statutory restriction). |
| Co-surgeons (62) | 0 | Not permitted. |
| Team surgery (66) | 0 | Not permitted. |
| Professional/technical | 0 | Physician service: no professional/technical split. |
| Split (54/55/56) | 0.10/0.80/0.10 | Share of the payment for pre-op, the procedure itself, and post-op care. |
Global surgery period · 68371
Eye tissue harvest
10-day global period ends
Oct 11, 2026
Covers Oct 1, 2026 through Oct 11, 2026 (11 days).
Visit on Oct 31, 2026
After the global period ends: visits and procedures are billed normally.
What modifiers do to the payment
Modifier 50 · payment effect
With and without the modifier
68371 without 50 · national facility
$358.73
Eye tissue harvest
68371-50 · Bilateral: 150%
$538.10
Both sides on one line with modifier 50 are paid at 150% of the fee schedule amount (subject to multiple-procedure rules with other procedures).
68371 compared with similar codes
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68371 vs 68320 vs 68325 vs 68328: national Medicare rates
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How to choose
- 68320Conjunctivoplasty
- Use 68371 for recovering eye tissue for allograft use. Code 68320 describes reconstructive work at the recipient site.
- 68325Conjunctivoplasty
- Code 68325 concerns recipient-site conjunctival reconstruction; 68371 is the separate tissue-recovery service.
- 68328Eyelid lining repair
- Code 68328 describes ocular-surface reconstruction using graft-related treatment, while 68371 reports recovery of tissue for allograft use.
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 indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.
CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027
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