97602 Wound(s) care non-selective
What 97602 is
CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Wound(s) care non-selective.
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 97602 (CY2026)
This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Bundled - payment is always bundled into another service. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.
Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
Medicare caps 97602 at 0 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: CMS Policy. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.
Billed with 97602? These codes are bundled into it
97602 is a Column 1 code in 366 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 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
00100 | Anes px salivary gland w/bx | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00102 | Anes px plstc rpr cleft lip | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00103 | Anes rcnstv px eyelid | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00104 | Anes electroconvulsive ther | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00120 | Anes px ear w/bx nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00124 | Anes px ear otoscopy | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00126 | Anes px ear tympanotomy | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00140 | Anes procedures on eye nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00142 | Anes px on eye lens surgery | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00144 | Anes px eye corneal trnspl | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00145 | Anes px eye vitreortnl surg | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00147 | Anes px on eye iridectomy | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00148 | Anes px eye ophthalmoscopy | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00160 | Anes px nose&sinus nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00162 | Anes px nose&sinus rad surg | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00164 | Anes px nose&sins bx sft tis | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00170 | Anes intraoral px nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00172 | Anes ntroral px rpr clft pal | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00174 | Anes ntrorl exc rtrphrng tum | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00176 | Anes intraoral px rad surg | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00190 | Anes px facial b1/skull nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00192 | Anes px fcl b1/skl rad surg | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00210 | Anes intracranial px nos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00212 | Anes icr px subdural taps | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00214 | Anes icr px burr holes | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00215 | Anes icr px crnop/elvtn fx | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00216 | Anes icr px vascular px | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00218 | Anes icr px in sitting pos | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00220 | Anes icr px csf shunting px | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
00222 | Anes icr px ecoag icr nrv | 0 - no modifier bypass | Check pair |
Showing 30 of 366 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.
97602 is bundled into these codes
97602 appears as a Column 2 code in 3536 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 97602 is the code that denies.
| Column 1 code | Short description | Modifier indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
0100T | Prosth retina receive&gen | 1 | Check pair |
0164T | Remove lumb artif disc addl | 1 | Check pair |
0165T | Revise lumb artif disc addl | 1 | Check pair |
0184T | Exc rectal tumor endoscopic | 1 | Check pair |
0200T | Perq sacral augmt unilat inj | 1 | Check pair |
0201T | Perq sacral augmt bilat inj | 1 | Check pair |
0202T | Post vert arthrplst 1 lumbar | 1 | Check pair |
0234T | Trluml perip athrc renal art | 1 | Check pair |
0235T | Trluml perip athrc visceral | 1 | Check pair |
0236T | Trluml perip athrc abd aorta | 1 | Check pair |
0237T | Trluml perip athrc brchiocph | 1 | Check pair |
0238T | Trluml perip athrc iliac art | 1 | Check pair |
0253T | Insert aqueous drain device | 1 | Check pair |
0308T | Insj ocular telescope prosth | 1 | Check pair |
0402T | Colgn crs-link crn&pachymtry | 1 | Check 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.