{
    "code": "17262",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2019/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2019/A",
    "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 Q1 2019?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $180.56 for CPT 17262 in the office (non-facility) setting and $118.93 in a facility under the Q1 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.3% increase from the previous quarter."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2019,
        "quarter": "A",
        "label": "Q1 2019",
        "effective": "January 1 – March 31, 2019",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 180.56,
        "facility": 118.93,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 1.63,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 3.15,
        "practice_expense_facility": 1.44,
        "malpractice": 0.23
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0391,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2019/A",
        "file": "PPRRVU19_V1213.csv",
        "row": 5812,
        "sha256": "027b1b615e25a1c68ccff88175acf40056bc59d858295f8e37b0c5a88a2e7d35"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:45+00:00"
}