{
    "code": "11043",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/11043/2015/D",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/11043/2015/D",
    "description": "Surgical cleaning of a wound in which dead or infected tissue is cut away and the removal reaches the muscle or the tough fibrous sheet (fascia) that wraps it. This is the deeper member of a graded family: companion codes cover debridement that stops at fat and subcutaneous tissue, or that goes further and takes bone. This code covers a small treated area, with a separate code used for each further block of surface area on a larger wound.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 11043 in Q4 2015?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $232.85 for CPT 11043 in the office (non-facility) setting and $160.62 in a facility under the Q4 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.5% increase from the previous quarter."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2015,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2015",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2015",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 232.85,
        "facility": 160.62,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.7,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 3.38,
        "practice_expense_facility": 1.37,
        "malpractice": 0.4
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9335,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2015)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2015/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU15_OCT05_V1001.csv",
        "row": 4761,
        "sha256": "302a55af716b26df5b42e80da7b2bd7cf5268007658df88133553f5e4e75523f"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:06:14+00:00"
}