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HCPCS J9155 Medicare payment status

HCPCS J9155 has no published national rate. It carries status E (excluded) in the Q3 2017 release. A regulation removes this code from the fee schedule. When covered, it is paid under reasonable charge procedures instead. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

Excluded from PFS

J9155 · PFS Q3 2017 · Historical

Status E is not separately payable under the PFS.

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CMS RVU17CJuly 1 – September 30, 2017

HCPCS J9155 has no published national rate. It carries status E (excluded) in the Q3 2017 release. A regulation removes this code from the fee schedule. When covered, it is paid under reasonable charge procedures instead. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

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PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q3 2017) · rvu17c.zip (PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv row 3,263)
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Code
J9155
Release
Q3 2017, revision 1
Result
Excluded from PFS

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (E). Result: Excluded from PFS.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU17CJuly 1 – September 30, 2017

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

    PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv row 3,263 in rvu17c.zip

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Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for J9155?

Its status indicator is E (excluded). A regulation removes this code from the fee schedule. When covered, it is paid under reasonable charge procedures instead. Status E is not separately payable under the PFS.

About this code

Degarelix injection

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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 J9155 be denied or paid less?

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

  • Its status indicator is E (excluded)—A regulation removes this code from the fee schedule. When covered, it is paid under reasonable charge procedures instead. 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.

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XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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National Office (non-facility) amount for J9155 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 Oct 1, 2026 – present E — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 E — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 E — —
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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This page uses CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q3 2017 release (effective July 2017). 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. CMS owns the code description shown for HCPCS Level II codes. Our methodology explains sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before we publish them.

Physician relative value file (Q3 2017) · rvu17c.zip (PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv row 3,263)

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HCPCS J9155 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q3 2017; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU17C, PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv row 3,263. Localis. https://localishealth.com/hcpcs/J9155/2017/C