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12011 Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/<

What 12011 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/<.

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 12011 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.042.910.234.18$139.62
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.040.360.231.63$54.44

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 12011 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 12011? These codes are bundled into it

12011 is a Column 1 code in 173 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
0569TTtvr perq appr 1st prosth1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0570TTtvr perq ea addl prosth1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0571TInsj/rplcmt icds ss eltrd1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0572TInsertion ss dfb electrode1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0573TRemoval ss dfb electrode1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0574TRepos prev ss impl dfb eltrd1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0580TRmvl ss impl dfb pg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0581TAbltj mal brst tum perq crtx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0582TTrurl abltj mal prst8 tiss1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0655TTprnl focal abltj mal prst81 - 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
11042Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11900Inject skin lesions </w 71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11901Inject skin lesions >71 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12001Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20560Ndl insj w/o njx 1 or 2 musc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
20561Ndl insj w/o njx 3+ musc1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36400Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp fem/jug1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36405Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp scalp vn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36406Vnpnxr<3yrs phy/qhp other vn1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36420Venipuncture cutdown < 1 yr1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36425Venipuncture cutdown 1 yr/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36430Transfusion bld/bld compnt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36440Bld push tfuj 2 yr/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 173 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

12011 is bundled into these codes

12011 appears as a Column 2 code in 5575 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 12011 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0308TInsj ocular telescope prosth1Check pair
0335TInsj sinus tarsi implant1Check pair
0338TTrnscth renal symp denrv unl1Check pair
0339TTrnscth renal symp denrv bil1Check pair
0342TThxp apheresis w/hdl delip1Check pair
0345TTranscath mtral vlve repair1Check pair
0347TIns bone device for rsa1Check pair
0395THdr elctr ntrst/ntrcv brchtx1Check pair
0397TErcp w/optical endomicroscpy1Check pair
0402TColgn crs-link crn&pachymtry1Check pair
0408TInsj/rplc cardiac modulj sys1Check pair
0409TInsj/rplc car modulj pls gn1Check pair
0410TInsj/rplc car modulj atr elt1Check pair
0411TInsj/rplc car modulj vnt elt1Check pair
0412TRmvl cardiac modulj pls gen1Check 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.