CPT 92650
Excluded from PFS — out of payment scope by statute, regulation, non-coverage, or reporting-only status.
No national payment amount
Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.
Did Medicare pay separately for CPT 92650 in Q4 2023? Copy link
Not at a published national rate. CPT 92650 carries status N (non-covered) in the Q4 2023 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.
Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2023) · effective October 2023 · materially updated Aug 4, 2026 · compact facts
Why isn't there a national PFS amount?
- Status N (Non-covered): Medicare covers no part of this service.
- Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.
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Why is there no payment amount for 92650?
Its status indicator is N (non-covered). Medicare covers no part of this service. The blank is deliberate: the amount is either unknown or paid under another provision, so reading it as $0 would be wrong.
Why would a Medicare claim for 92650 be denied or paid less?
These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.
- Its status indicator is N (non-covered) — Medicare covers no part of this service. See status indicators
- Assistant at surgery: restricted without documentation. See billing policy
- Co-surgeons: not permitted. See billing policy
- Team surgery: not permitted. 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.
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.
Applicable payment rules Copy link
Only the rules that can matter for 92650, each linking to its detail on this page.
Global period: what 92650's fee already covers Copy link
The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.
| Modifier | Reports |
|---|---|
| -25 | A significant, separately identifiable E/M on the same day as the procedure, beyond its usual pre- and post-operative care. |
A modifier reports what happened; it does not by itself make a service payable. Documentation has to support it.
Billing policy Copy link
What 92650's billing-policy indicators mean. These show for every code, priced or not: a restriction like "bilateral not allowed" still matters on a carrier-priced code.
| Policy | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Bilateral surgery | 2 | RVUs already reflect bilateral pricing. The published RVUs already account for a bilateral procedure — no additional bilateral adjustment applies on top of the fee schedule amount. |
| Assistant at surgery | 0 | Restricted without documentation. Payment for an assistant at surgery is restricted for this procedure unless supporting documentation establishes medical necessity. |
| Co-surgeons | 0 | Not permitted. Medicare does not recognize co-surgeons (modifier 62) for this procedure. |
| Team surgery | 0 | Not permitted. Medicare does not recognize a surgical team (modifier 66) for this procedure. |
| Multiple procedures | 0 | No reduction. No payment reduction applies when this procedure is billed with other procedures on the same date — each is treated as unrelated. |
| Professional/technical split | 0 | No PC/TC split. This is a physician service code; the professional/technical split does not apply, and the code is billed as a single service. |
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Rate history by release Copy link
National non-facility amount for 92650 across quarterly releases.
| Release | Status | Non-facility | Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – present | N | — | — |
| Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2025 Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2025 Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2025 Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2025 Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2024 Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2024 Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2024 Apr 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2024 Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2023 Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2023 Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2023 Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2023 Jan 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2022 Oct 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2022 Jul 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2022 Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2022 Jan 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 | N | — | — |
| Q4 2021 Oct 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q3 2021 Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q2 2021 Apr 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021 | N | — | — |
| Q1 2021 Jan 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021 | N | — | — |
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This is computed from CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q4 2023 release (schedule pfs, effective October 2023). National amounts apply a GPCI of 1.000 and leave sequestration off. The status indicator decides payability, never the RVU values, so a blank RVU stays blank. Releases are immutable: a rate retrieved for a past quarter always reflects that release. Our methodology covers the depth: sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before they ship.
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CPT 92650 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate (Q4 2023). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/92650/2023/D