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HCPCS Q3031

Bundled / not separately paid

Q3031 · PFS Q3 2014 · Historical

Status B is not separately payable under the PFS.

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HCPCS Q3031 has no published national rate. It carries status B (bundled) in the Q3 2014 release. Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. The blank amount means unpriced, not $0.

PFS status evidence

Physician relative value file (Q3 2014) · rvu14c.zip (PPRRVU14_V0515.csv row 3,132)
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Code
Q3031
Release
Q3 2014, revision 1
Result
Bundled / not separately paid

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  • Shows this code’s PFS status (B). Result: Bundled / not separately paid.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)

    Q3 2014 · revision 1

    Latest revision of this release

    Release period: July 1 – September 30, 2014

    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 PPRRVU14_V0515.csv in rvu14c.zip (row 3,132)
    hcpcs (col 1)
    Q3031
    modifier (col 2)
    blank
    status_code (col 4)
    B

    SHA-256: c77da0d012ff73dec8680d5f6f50582fc7e72005bc55edb2f131a02f0b1c293c

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Plain-text summary

Why is there no national PFS amount for Q3031?

Its status indicator is B (bundled). Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. Status B is not separately payable under the PFS.

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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 Q3031 be denied or paid less?

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

  • Its status indicator is B (bundled)—Medicare folds payment for this code into the service it is incident to, never onto its own line. 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.

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

Global period: what Q3031's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

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Rate history by release Copy link

National Office (non-facility) amount for Q3031 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Office Facility
Q4 2026 takes effect Oct 1, 2026 B — —
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 B — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 B — —
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 Q3 2014 release (effective July 2014). 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 2014) · rvu14c.zip (PPRRVU14_V0515.csv row 3,132)

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Cite this rate

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HCPCS Q3031 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q3 2014; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/hcpcs/Q3031/2014/C