C5271 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface area

Long description

Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface area

Short description

Low cost skin substitute app

Pricing indicator

53 Statute

Medicare coverage

D Special coverage instructions apply

BETOS category

P5A Ambulatory procedures - skin

Added

January 1, 2014

Last change

January 1, 2026 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2025

Nearby C codes

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• C2641 – Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, palladium-103, per source
• C2642 – Brachytherapy source, stranded, cesium-131, per source
• C2643 – Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, cesium-131, per source
• C2644 – Brachytherapy source, cesium-131 chloride solution, per millicurie
• C2645 – Brachytherapy planar source, palladium-103, per square millimeter
• C2698 – Brachytherapy source, stranded, not otherwise specified, per source
• C2699 – Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, not otherwise specified, per source
• C5272 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; each additional 25 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• C5273 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and children
• C5274 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to trunk, arms, legs, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; each additional 100 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof, or each additional 1% of body area of infants and children, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• C5275 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; first 25 sq cm or less wound surface area
• C5276 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area up to 100 sq cm; each additional 25 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• C5277 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and children
• C5278 – Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; each additional 100 sq cm wound surface area, or part thereof, or each additional 1% of body area of infants and children, or part thereof (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
• C7500 – Debridement, bone including epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue, muscle and/or fascia, if performed, first 20 sq cm or less with manual preparation and insertion of deep (e.g., subfacial) drug-delivery device(s)