Contractor-priced
44137 · PFS Q2 2013 · Historical
No national PFS rate in Q2 2013
Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
PFS status evidence
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- Code
- 44137
- Release
- Q2 2013, revision 1
- Result
- Contractor-priced
Citations
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Shows this code’s PFS status (C). Result: Contractor-priced.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU13BApril 1 – June 30, 2013
This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.
PPRRVU13.V0215_04162013.csv row 8,364 in rvu13b.zip
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CPT 44137 has no published national rate. It carries status C (carrier-priced) in the Q2 2013 release. Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.
Why is there no national PFS amount for 44137?
Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced). Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation.
Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link
CMS indicators that apply to 44137: MULT PROC 2 (standard reduction applies) · ASST SURG 2 (payable) · CO SURG 1 (payable with documentation).
Standard reduction applies
MULT PROC
2
When billed with other procedures on the same date, the highest-valued one is paid at 100% and the next four at 50% each.
-51 depends on the other codes on the same claim, so it's a claim-level number rather than a per-code one.
Payable
ASST SURG
2
An assistant at surgery may be separately paid for this procedure, typically as a percentage of the fee schedule amount.
Payable with documentation
CO SURG
1
Co-surgeons may be paid, but only with supporting documentation establishing the medical necessity of two surgeons.
Global surgery period XXX (does not apply).
Why would a Medicare claim for 44137 be denied or paid less?
These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.
- Its status indicator is C (carrier-priced)—Your Medicare Administrative Contractor prices this code case by case, usually after reviewing documentation. See status indicators
- Bilateral surgery: no bilateral adjustment. See billing policy
- Co-surgeons: payable with documentation. See billing policy
- Team surgery: not permitted. See billing policy
- Multiple procedures: standard reduction applies. See billing policy
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.
CMS RVU13BApril 1 – June 30, 2013
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Reconciling a contractor-priced payment for 44137 Copy link
What to check (5)
There is no national allowed amount for 44137, so every reconciliation of this line runs against the MAC fee schedule that was in force for the date of service rather than against a national baseline.
- Compare the paid amount against the MAC fee schedule in force for the date of service; there is no national allowed amount here to reconcile against.
- Rank the claim’s procedure lines before calling a reduced line short-paid—under the standard multiple-procedure rule only the highest-valued one prices in full.
- Check that any -80 or -AS line was priced from the same release and locality as the primary line; an assistant at surgery prices at a percentage of the fee-schedule amount.
- Check for documentation supporting two surgeons before appealing a modifier 62 denial—co-surgeon payment on this procedure depends on it.
- 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.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files; CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files (status indicator field); CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04); 42 USC 1395w-4(i)(2) (SSA §1848(i)(2))—Assistants-at-surgery.
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The PFS file shows this code is priced by the contractor. Its amounts come from the MAC-published schedules and effective dates shown above.
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01 PPRRVU13.V0215_04162013.csv · Q2 2013 (RVU13B) · row 8,364—priced by the contractor
- Effective
- April 1 – June 30, 2013
- Locator
- PPRRVU13.V0215_04162013.csv in rvu13b.zip · row 8,364 of 15,624 · via CMS
- Fields read
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Cite this rate
CPT 44137 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q2 2013; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU13B, PPRRVU13.V0215_04162013.csv row 8,364. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/44137/2013/B
Past releases are never edited, so the citation stays checkable after CMS publishes a newer one. Methodology · Plain-text summary · JSON
How has it changed? Copy link
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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