HCPCS Q4173
Palingen or palingen xplus, per square centimeter (CMS descriptor)
Drugs Drug code Work RVU per service none (2021 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)
Trend
Medicare payment on the code
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.
Billers
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.
Trend by year: table5 years
| observed | calculated | calculated | calculated | calculated | calculated | reported | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | fewer than 11 billers: figures not shown | 0.00 | ||||
| 2023 | 19 | $24,678,764 | -29% (2023 changed hospital and observation visit codes) | 59,730 | 732 | 8,070 | 0.00 |
| 2022 | 50 | $34,571,569 | +74% | 96,528 | 1,392 | 5,886 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 37 | $19,834,985 | – (Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values) | 68,782 | 1,718 | 3,886 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 17 | $10,775,234 | first year in data | 53,058 | 1,560 | 9,456 | 0.00 |
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.
By state
No state has a reportable line for Q4173 in 2021.
Top metro areas
No metro area has a reportable line for Q4173 in 2021.
Specialties billing Q4173 nationally
Nurse Practitioner accounts for 74% of payment for Q4173 nationally in 2021, across 1 specialties on claims.
| observed | calculated | calculated | calculated | calculated | calculated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioner | 26 | 70% | $14,774,904 | 74% | 48,910 | 1,881 |
Not listed: 5 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2021.
Top billers of Q4173 nationally
Named top billers are a Pro figure, and Pro is not available to buy, so this list is not shown to any account. The counts and totals by state, metro area and specialty on this page are free.
Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations