# CPT 17262

> 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.

## 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: Q1 2019 (2019 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $180.56
- Facility national allowed amount: $118.93
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.63
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 3.15
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.44
- Malpractice RVU: 0.23
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_V1213.csv, row 5,812
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/17262/2019/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:45+00:00