Billing code 62350: Spinal catheterMedicare rate & RVUs in Virginia
Reports placement, revision, or repositioning of a tunneled spinal catheter for long-term medication delivery when the procedure is performed without laminectomy.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 62350 in Virginia.
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 62350 covers
This service places, revises, or repositions a tunneled catheter in the intrathecal or epidural space for long-term medication delivery, such as drug infusion for chronic pain or spasticity. Anesthesia and pain specialists, neurosurgeons, and other qualified physicians may perform it in an operating room or another procedural setting. The catheter connects to an external pump or an implanted reservoir or infusion pump; this code describes catheter work, not implantation of the pump itself. Imaging guidance and interpretation, when performed, are included in the service.
Select this code when the tunneled catheter procedure is performed without laminectomy; use its sibling code when laminectomy is performed. Document the catheter route, the placement or revision performed, the long-term infusion purpose, and whether laminectomy was used. Related postoperative visits are included in the 10-day global period. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment is statutorily restricted, co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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.
Where 62350 pays more and less in Virginia
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Dc + Md/Va Suburbs | Unavailable | $418.03 |
| Virginia | Unavailable | $363.87 |
How the 62350 rate is calculated
Each of 62350’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 · 62350
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
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Work 5.90Practice expense 4.24Malpractice 1.17
All indexes start at 1.000 (the national rate). Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 62350
62350 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.
CMS payment indicators · 62350
Spinal catheter
| 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) | 0 | The 150% bilateral adjustment doesn’t apply. |
| Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS) | 1 | Not paid (statutory restriction). |
| Co-surgeons (62) | 1 | Permitted with supporting documentation. |
| 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 · 62350
Spinal catheter
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 51 · payment effect
With and without the modifier
62350 without 51 · national facility
$377.76
Spinal catheter
62350-51 · Second procedure: 50%
$188.88
When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).
62350 compared with similar codes
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62350 vs 62351 vs 62324 vs 62325: national Medicare rates
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How to choose
- 62351Spinal catheter
- Both codes describe tunneled catheter placement, revision, or repositioning for long-term infusion. The distinguishing factor is whether laminectomy is performed.
- 62324Epidural catheter injection
- 62324 describes interlaminar injection or infusion through an epidural or subarachnoid catheter in the cervical or thoracic region, rather than tunneled catheter work for long-term medication delivery.
- 62325Epidural injection
- 62325 is the imaging-guided counterpart for cervical or thoracic interlaminar injection or infusion; 62350 describes tunneled catheter placement, revision, or repositioning for long-term delivery.
62350 billing questions
How does this differ from 62351?
Use 62350 for the tunneled catheter procedure without laminectomy. Use 62351 when laminectomy is performed.
Does this code include pump implantation?
No. It covers the tunneled catheter work; a separately performed spinal infusion pump or device implantation may be reported with the applicable pump code.
Can the catheter procedure be billed with a pump code?
Yes, when both catheter placement and pump or device implantation are performed. The record should support the distinct work represented by each service.
Can modifier 50 be reported?
No. The anatomy or descriptor makes bilateral adjustment inappropriate for this service.
What documentation supports reporting 62350?
Document the tunneled catheter’s intrathecal or epidural route, whether it was placed, revised, or repositioned, its long-term medication-delivery purpose, and that laminectomy was not performed.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are reduced to 50%. Related postoperative visits are included for 10 days.
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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