Evaluating the Accuracy of Relative Value Unit and Operative Time Changes in Breast Reconstruction
The 2021 RUC recommendations for intraoperative times were collectively more accurate compared with prior CMS times when measured against NSQIP benchmarks. Despite these improvements, the CMS chose not to adopt many of the RUC's recommendations and lowered wRVU values more than recommended. These findings question the necessity and favorability of future efforts to reevaluate CPT code 19364.
Authors
- Danielle H. Rochlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-3455)
- Jonas A. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0329-4422)
- Babak J. Mehrara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5717-697X)
- Robyn N. Rubenstein
- Evan Matros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-4083)
- Jacob Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-8336)
- Lily Boe
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000011936
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15