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11012 Deb skin bone at fx site

What 11012 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Deb skin bone 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 11012 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)6.7012.541.3220.56$686.72
Facility (hospital, ASC)6.702.831.3210.85$362.40

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: Global concept does not apply (endoscopic or minor procedure: global period is the day of the procedure).

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 11012 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 11012? These codes are bundled into it

11012 is a Column 1 code in 837 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
0479TFxjl abl lsr 1st 100 sq cm1 - 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
0594TOsteot hum xtrnl lngth dev1 - 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
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
11010Debride skin at fx site1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1 - 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 837 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

11012 is bundled into these codes

11012 appears as a Column 2 code in 440 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 11012 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
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
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1Check pair
11044Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/<1Check pair
13100Cmplx rpr trunk 1.1-2.5 cm1Check pair
13101Cmplx rpr trunk 2.6-7.5 cm1Check pair
13120Cmplx rpr s/a/l 1.1-2.5 cm1Check pair
13121Cmplx rpr s/a/l 2.6-7.5 cm1Check pair
13131Cmplx rpr f/c/c/m/n/ax/g/h/f1Check pair
13132Cmplx rpr f/c/c/m/n/ax/g/h/f1Check pair
13151Cmplx rpr e/n/e/l 1.1-2.5 cm1Check pair
13152Cmplx rpr e/n/e/l 2.6-7.5 cm1Check 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.