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15002 Wound prep trk/arm/leg

What 15002 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Wound prep trk/arm/leg.

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 15002 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)3.566.660.6510.87$363.07
Facility (hospital, ASC)3.561.690.655.90$197.07

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 15002 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 15002? These codes are bundled into it

15002 is a Column 1 code in 269 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
01951Anes 2&3 burn less 4 % tbsa0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
01952Anes 2&3 burn 4-9% tbsa0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - 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
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11001Dbrdmt ecz/infct skn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11004Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11005Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11006Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11042Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11044Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11045Dbrdmt subq tiss each addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11046Dbrdmt musc&/fsca ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11047Dbrdmt bone each addl1 - 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
11400Exc tr-ext b9+marg 0.5 cm<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11401Exc tr-ext b9+marg 0.6-1 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11402Exc tr-ext b9+marg 1.1-2 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11403Exc tr-ext b9+marg 2.1-3cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11404Exc tr-ext b9+marg 3.1-4 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11406Exc tr-ext b9+marg >4.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11420Exc h-f-nk-sp b9+marg 0.5/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 269 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

15002 is bundled into these codes

15002 appears as a Column 2 code in 17 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 15002 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
11010Debride skin at fx site1Check pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1Check pair
11012Deb skin bone at fx site1Check pair
11446Exc face-mm b9+marg >4 cm1Check pair
11451Exc skn hdrdnt ax complex1Check pair
11462Exc skn hdrdnt ing smpl/ntrm1Check pair
11463Exc skn hdrdnt ing complex1Check pair
11470Exc skn h/p/p/u smpl/ntrm1Check pair
11471Exc skn h/p/p/u complex1Check pair
11606Exc tr-ext mal+marg >4 cm1Check pair
11626Exc s/n/h/f/g mal+mrg >4 cm1Check pair
11644Exc f/e/e/n/l mal+mrg 3.1-41Check pair
11646Exc f/e/e/n/l mal+mrg >4 cm1Check pair
26121Release palm contracture1Check pair
26123Release palm contracture1Check 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.