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11010 Debride skin at fx site

What 11010 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Debride skin at fx site.

Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.

Medicare payment for 11010 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)4.099.210.7514.05$469.28
Facility (hospital, ASC)4.092.630.757.47$249.50

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: 10-day global period.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 11010 at 2 units per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 11010? These codes are bundled into it

11010 is a Column 1 code in 1094 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.

Column 2 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0335TInsj sinus tarsi implant1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0490TRegn cell tx scldr h mlt inj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0510TRmvl sinus tarsi implant1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0511TRmvl&rinsj sinus tarsi implt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0552TLow-level laser therapy1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0565TAutol cell implt adps hrvg1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0566TAutol cell implt adps njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0656TAnt lmbr vrt bdy teth <7 seg1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0657TAnt lmbr vrt bdy teth 8+ seg1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0718TAdrc ther prtl rc tear njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10030Img gid flu coll drg sft tis1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10060I&d abscess simple/single1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10120Inc&rmvl fb subq tiss smpl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10121Inc&rmvl fb subq tiss comp1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10160Pnxr aspir absc hmtma bulla1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10180I&d complex po wound infctj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11008Rmv prstc mtrl/mesh abd wall1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11055Paring/cutg b9 hyprker les 11 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11102Tangntl bx skin single les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11104Punch bx skin single lesion1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11106Incal bx skn single les1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11450Exc skn hdrdnt ax smpl/ntrm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11451Exc skn hdrdnt ax complex1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 1094 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

11010 is bundled into these codes

11010 appears as a Column 2 code in 328 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 11010 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0479TFxjl abl lsr 1st 100 sq cm1Check pair
0480TFxjl abl lsr ea addl 100sqcm1Check pair
0594TOsteot hum xtrnl lngth dev1Check pair
0707TNjx b1 sub mtrl sbchdrl dfct1Check pair
0869TNjx b1 sub mtrl hw fixj aug1Check pair
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1Check pair
11004Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per1Check pair
11005Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall1Check pair
11006Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per1Check pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1Check pair
11012Deb skin bone at fx site1Check pair
11042Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/<1Check pair
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1Check pair
11044Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/<1Check pair
11471Exc skn h/p/p/u complex1Check pair

Data: CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule RVU file (October release, RVU26D) and Medicare NCCI PTP practitioner edits v32.3 (2026 Q4). Verify against the official files before billing or contracting decisions.