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28106 Remove/graft foot lesion

What 28106 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Remove/graft foot lesion.

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 28106 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)7.174.110.6011.88$396.80
Facility (hospital, ASC)7.174.110.6011.88$396.80

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: 90-day global period.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 28106 at 1 unit 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 28106? These codes are bundled into it

28106 is a Column 1 code in 289 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
01470Anes px nrv msc lw l/a/f nos0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0490TRegn cell tx scldr h mlt inj1 - 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
0707TNjx b1 sub mtrl sbchdrl dfct1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0718TAdrc ther prtl rc tear njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0869TNjx b1 sub mtrl hw fixj aug1 - 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
10140I&d hmtma seroma/fluid collj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
10160Pnxr aspir absc hmtma bulla1 - 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
11012Deb skin bone at fx site1 - 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

Showing 30 of 289 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

28106 is bundled into these codes

28106 appears as a Column 2 code in 12 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 28106 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
11010Debride skin at fx site1Check pair
11011Debride skin musc at fx site1Check pair
28107Remove/graft foot lesion1Check pair
28171Resect tarsal tumor1Check pair
28173Resect metatarsal tumor1Check pair
28737Revision of foot bones1Check pair
28740Fusion of foot bones1Check pair
28750Fusion of big toe joint1Check pair
28760Fusion of big toe joint1Check pair
28800Amputation of midfoot1Check pair
28805Amputation thru metatarsal1Check pair
28810Amputation toe & metatarsal1Check 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.