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CPT 38213

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38213 · PFS Q2 2019 · Historical

Status I is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CPT 38213 has no published national rate. It carries status I (not valid) in the Q2 2019 release. Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for this service. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q2 2019) · rvu19b.zip (PPRRVU19_APR.csv row 8,843)
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Code
38213
Release
Q2 2019, revision 1
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)

    Q2 2019 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: April 1 – June 30, 2019

    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 PPRRVU19_APR.csv in rvu19b.zip (row 8,843)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    38213
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    I

    SHA-256: b427bbfdcb61b355ba034840681873d1bd6cdcf51752bdae1bab7c5449efc971

    Original source file

Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for 38213?

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.

Other payment indicators (10)

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, Global surgery: Does not apply, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply, Contractor pricing: Does not apply.

Why would a Medicare claim for 38213 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

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 38213 line may not pay separately Copy link

CMS publishes no separately payable amount for 38213 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.
  • 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 Q2 2019 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.

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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).

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what 38213's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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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.

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How has it changed? Copy link

Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for 38213 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 Q2 2019 release (effective April 2019). 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 (Q2 2019) · rvu19b.zip (PPRRVU19_APR.csv row 8,843)

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 38213 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q2 2019; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/38213/2019/B