# CPT 17262

> Medicare paid $177.15 for CPT 17262 in the office (non-facility) setting and $119.30 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.

## What it is

Destroying a cancerous skin lesion on the trunk, an arm, or a leg without cutting it out, using methods such as electrosurgery, curettage, freezing, chemical treatment, or laser. The set is graded by lesion width and this is a mid-range member, larger than the smallest lesions but below the bigger ones. Separate ranges cover the scalp, neck, hands, feet, and genitals, and the face, ears, eyelids, nose, and lips.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2015 (2015 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $177.15
- Facility national allowed amount: $119.30
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.63
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 3.09
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.48
- Malpractice RVU: 0.21
- Conversion factor: 35.9335
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_OCT05_V1001.csv, row 5,109
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2015/D
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2015/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:14+00:00