No office rate
Use 62160 for endoscopic assistance with ventricular catheter placement or replacement. 62161 represents endoscopic dissection of intracranial adhesions.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
62160 Neuroendoscopy Medicare reimbursement rates in Washington
Reports intracranial endoscopic assistance for placing or replacing a ventricular catheter during a separately reported primary neurosurgical procedure. Compare 62160 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Washington.
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 62160 in Washington?
Washington 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
$165.77–$177.58
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.
Neurosurgery
About 62160: Neuroendoscopic ventricular catheter placement
Reports intracranial endoscopic assistance for placing or replacing a ventricular catheter during a separately reported primary neurosurgical procedure.
This add-on captures intracranial neuroendoscopy used to guide placement or replacement of a ventricular catheter. It may be performed during surgery for cerebrospinal fluid diversion, such as a ventricular shunt procedure. The neurosurgeon uses an endoscope to visualize the ventricular anatomy while carrying out the catheter work; this is distinct from endoscopic procedures that dissect adhesions or remove a cyst or tumor.
Report 62160 only with the qualifying primary procedure performed at the same operative encounter; it is not a stand-alone service. The operative report should support the endoscopic catheter work and identify the primary procedure to which it was added. CMS classifies it as an add-on code, so payment is included within the primary procedure's global period. Do not report it merely because a ventricular catheter was placed: the documentation must support the intracranial endoscopic assistance represented by this code.
CMS billing rules for 62160
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU2.93 · 57%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.02 · 20%
- Malpractice RVU1.21 · 23%
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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.
62160 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Washington, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
62160 concerns ventricular catheter work performed with a primary procedure; 62162 describes endoscopic removal of a colloid cyst.
No office rate
62223 reports creation of a ventricular shunt as the primary service. Report 62160 only when the qualifying intracranial endoscopic catheter assistance is also documented.
Compare 62160 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Washington →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$165.77
Seattle (King Cnty) →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$177.58
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62160 billing questions
Can 62160 be reported by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with a qualifying primary procedure for the same operative service.
How is 62160 different from 62161?
62160 represents endoscopic assistance with ventricular catheter placement or replacement. 62161 describes a separate intracranial endoscopic procedure involving dissection of adhesions.
Does placing a ventricular catheter automatically support 62160?
No. The operative documentation should show intracranial endoscopic guidance or assistance, not simply catheter placement.
How does the global-period rule affect payment?
CMS treats 62160 as an add-on paid within the primary procedure's global period. It is not paid as a separate stand-alone service.
What should the operative report document?
Document the endoscopic work used for ventricular catheter placement or replacement and the primary procedure performed with it.
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.
6,92062146,,Crnop w/autograft<5 cm diam,A,,16.85,13.27,NA,13.27,,7.10,37.22,37.22,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92162147,,Crnop w/autograft>5 cm diam,A,,20.15,12.79,NA,12.79,,7.85,40.79,40.79,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92262148,,Retr bone flap to fix skull,A,,1.95,0.68,NA,0.68,,0.82,3.45,3.45,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92362160,,Neuroendoscopy add-on,A,,2.93,1.02,NA,1.02,,1.21,5.16,5.16,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92462161,,Dissect brain w/scope,A,,20.70,15.65,NA,15.65,,8.64,44.99,44.99,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92562162,,Remove colloid cyst w/scope,A,,26.13,18.31,NA,18.31,,11.05,55.49,55.49,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,92662164,,Remove brain tumor w/scope,A,,28.69,20.85,NA,20.85,,12.13,61.67,61.67,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00