{
    "code": "11602",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/11602/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/11602/2018/D",
    "description": "Full-thickness surgical removal of a cancerous skin lesion from the trunk, an arm, or a leg, taking a margin of normal-looking skin around it. The family is graded by how wide the lesion is, and this member sits in the middle of the range, above the smallest lesions but below the larger ones. Body region matters too: separate code ranges cover the face, ears, eyelids, lips, scalp, neck, hands, feet, and genitals.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 11602 in Q4 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $254.88 for CPT 11602 in the office (non-facility) setting and $169.56 in a facility under the Q4 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.7%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2018",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 254.88,
        "facility": 169.56,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.27,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 4.48,
        "practice_expense_facility": 2.11,
        "malpractice": 0.33
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9996,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_OCT.csv",
        "row": 5348,
        "sha256": "c6312c12acd1b8ed78b409e8508357929aa7e764e333ec568ebb9c0774b7dc4d"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:37+00:00"
}