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Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026. CMS published it early. Dates of service before then use the current release—see the current CPT 27217 rate.

CPT 27217

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27217 · PFS Q4 2026 · Upcoming

Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CMS published status I (not valid) for CPT 27217 in the Q4 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, with no national PFS amount. These figures take effect for dates of service beginning Oct 1, 2026. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q4 2026) · rvu26d-updated-08-26-2026.zip (PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv row 2,788)
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Code
27217
Release
Q4 2026, revision 2
Result
Unable to determine from available CMS sources

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (I). Result: Unable to determine from available CMS sources.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q4 2026 · revision 2

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: October 1 – December 31, 2026

    This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.

    Record details PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv in rvu26d-updated-08-26-2026.zip (row 2,788)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    27217
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    I

    SHA-256: 4d0d3f19bd954ffc0f5b8439169d267da023d4f6911f4539bb6e98723cb1a626

    Original source file

Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for 27217?

Its status indicator is I (not valid). Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.

Payment considerations Copy link

Here are the inputs and payment rules that apply to this code. Each link takes you to the detail below.

Global surgery Applies NCCI same-day edits Applies MUE behavior Applies
Other payment indicators (7)

Facility/non-facility: Not determined, Professional/technical component: Does not apply, Bilateral adjustment: Does not apply, Multiple-procedure reduction: Does not apply, Assistant/co-surgeon treatment: Does not apply, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply, Contractor pricing: Does not apply.

Why would a Medicare claim for 27217 be denied or paid less?

These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.

  • Its status indicator is I (not valid)—Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. See status indicators
  • 57 codes form NCCI pairs with 27217 carrying modifier indicator 0—no NCCI-associated modifier bypasses the edit, so billed together on the same date of service, a line of the pair denies. See billing together
  • 155 codes pair with 27217 under modifier indicator 1—separately payable only when an NCCI-associated modifier (59, or a more specific XE, XS, XP, or XU) is clinically appropriate and the documentation supports a distinct service; without one, a line of the pair denies. See billing together
  • More than 0 units per patient per date of service exceeds 27217's Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) limit. See billing together
  • 27217 carries a 90-day global period—routine post-operative care within that window is included in the surgical payment rather than paid on its own claim. See how it's computed

Payer-specific coverage and documentation rules live outside these files, so a claim that clears every check here can still be denied on other grounds.

Why a 27217 line may not pay separately Copy link

CMS publishes no separately payable amount for 27217 in this release, so reconciling the line means establishing which status governed the date of service rather than chasing a fee-schedule difference.

What to check

  • Confirm the status that governed the date of service before working this line as a short payment—CMS publishes no separately payable fee-schedule amount for it in this release.
  • Check the place of service: CMS publishes no Office (non-facility) practice-expense amount for this code, so it prices in a Facility setting only.
  • Check the dates before appealing a denial: related follow-up care in the 90 days after the procedure is already paid in this fee, so a post-operative visit denied in that window was denied correctly.
  • Reprice the line against the release, locality, setting, modifier and participation status that applied to the date of service before treating any difference as an underpayment.

Codes to compare

National Q4 2026 amounts at GPCI 1.000. A blank means this schedule does not publish a payable PFS amount.

None of the comparison codes are in this release.

Check an actual payment Model this code in a contract

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files; CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files (status indicator field); CMS Practice Expense methodology (cms.gov); CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04).

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what 27217's fee already covers Copy link

090 90-day follow-up

Major surgery. The fee covers the day before surgery, the day of surgery, and the 90 days after it. Related follow-up care inside that window is not billed separately.

Billing a related follow-up visit inside the 90-day window is the most common way this code gets denied—the payment for that care is already inside the 27217 fee.

Modifiers that report work outside 27217's global period
Modifier Reports
-25 A significant, separately identifiable E/M on the same day as the procedure, beyond its usual pre- and post-operative care.
-57 The E/M at which the decision to operate was made. Major surgery only—a minor procedure has no day-before pre-operative period.
-24 An E/M during the follow-up window that is unrelated to this surgery, so it is paid separately.
-58 A staged or more extensive follow-on procedure during the window. Starts a new follow-up period.
-78 An unplanned return to the operating room for a related procedure during the window. Does not start a new follow-up period.
-79 An unrelated procedure by the same physician during the window. Starts a new follow-up period.

A modifier reports what happened; it does not by itself make a service payable. Documentation has to support it.

Can you bill it with another code? Copy link

Check a pair of codes Copy link

Enter a second CPT or HCPCS code billed on the same date of service. We'll check the current NCCI procedure-to-procedure edit for the pair.

See every current NCCI pair for 27217 →

Billing together (NCCI edits) Copy link

NCCI Q4 2026

Based on CMS's National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI). A few examples appear here; use the complete edit page to check a specific pair.

Not separately payable with 27217 on the same date of service—no modifier bypasses the edit (modifier indicator 0)

27197 27197 denies
27198 27198 denies
36591 36591 denies

Showing 3 of 57.

Separately payable with 27217 only when an NCCI-associated modifier is appropriate and documented (modifier indicator 1)

0566T 0566T denies
0708T 0708T denies
0709T 0709T denies

Showing 3 of 155.

Modifier 59 and the X modifiers are not a universal bypass—CMS expects the most specific applicable modifier, and which one that is depends on the pair and the documented circumstances.

Check a paired code or view all 212 NCCI pairs →

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) limit: 0 units per patient per date of service.

How has it changed? Copy link

Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for 27217 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 I — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 I — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 I — —
When does this rate change?

CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. See what changed each release, or get an email when a new release moves rates.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.

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Source & method

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This page uses CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q4 2026 release (effective October 2026). National baselines use GPCI 1.000 and exclude sequestration. Whether a national amount exists depends on the status and CMS’s payment instructions; blank RVUs are never treated as zero. Past releases are never edited, so these sources stay valid after CMS publishes a newer one. Our methodology explains sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before we publish them.

Physician relative value file (Q4 2026) · rvu26d-updated-08-26-2026.zip (PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv row 2,788)

Use the (i) buttons next to each amount above for the exact row, columns, and math.

Cite this rate

The citation names the release, so anyone can check it even after CMS publishes a newer one.

CPT 27217 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q4 2026; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/27217/2026/D