{
    "code": "13132",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/13132/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/13132/2021/B",
    "description": "Advanced closure of a wound in a cosmetically or functionally demanding area, including the forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, and feet. Beyond stitching in layers, it can involve releasing the surrounding skin, reshaping the wound edges, and placing sutures that relieve tension so the scar sits well. This is the mid-length code in the set, with a separate code for shorter wounds and another for length beyond this band.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 13132 in Q2 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $491.29 for CPT 13132 in the office (non-facility) setting and $306.71 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it increased 0.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2021",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 491.29,
        "facility": 306.71,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 4.78,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 8.81,
        "practice_expense_facility": 3.52,
        "malpractice": 0.49
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_APR.csv",
        "row": 5910,
        "sha256": "524bee7096166c9011a4ea02189783ef8c91f4d444585e5b2d561b879f9262de"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00"
}