{
    "code": "17262",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2018/C",
    "description": "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.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 17262 in Q3 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $180.00 for CPT 17262 in the office (non-facility) setting and $120.24 in a facility under the Q3 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 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 1.1%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2018",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 180,
        "facility": 120.24,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 1.63,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 3.14,
        "practice_expense_facility": 1.48,
        "malpractice": 0.23
    },
    "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 (Q3 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18c1.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_JUL.csv",
        "row": 5607,
        "sha256": "514e3c115f8e62a35eb5f78fef7ed12ed7b60b22a5fe3f3f1bb5aadf119663c5"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:27+00:00"
}