ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
Repair Codes RVUs:
Handy Chart Outlines Your Repair Code Pay Factors
Published on Fri Jul 18, 2014
Work RVU Comparison for Sample Simple Repair Codes vs. Intermediate and Complex codes
CPT® Code 2014 Work RVUs 99281 Work RVUs Total Work RVUs With Return Visit
Simple
12001 1.78 0.45 2.23
12004 2.26 0.45 2.71
12011 1.07 0.45 1.52
Intermediate
12031 2.00
12034 2.97
12051 2.33
Complex
13100 3.00
13121 4.00
13131 3.73.
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