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CPT 14001: Adjacent Tissue Transfer for Trunk Defect 10.1–30.0 cm2
CPT code 14001 covers adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement procedures used to repair defects of the trunk measuring greater than 10.0 cm2 and up to 30.0 cm2. This code identifies a specific reconstructive surgical service commonly performed by plastic surgeons, dermatologic surgeons, and generalist proceduralists for wound closure, scar revision, and soft-tissue defect repair. Nationally, precise coding for reconstructive transfers affects procedure classification, payment grouping, and comparative utilization across surgical specialties.
Key payers addressed in this analysis include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, United Healthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find a concise overview of clinical intent and typical sites of service, common diagnostic contexts supporting use of the code, related CPT code distinctions, and common billing modifiers. The publication highlights benchmarking elements relevant to provider billing and claims processing, outlines relationships to related codes such as 14000, and summarizes clinical situations where the code is applicable, including scar revision and surgical wound complications. This summary is intended for a national audience of clinicians, coding professionals, and policy analysts seeking an operational understanding of CPT code 14001 in reconstructive trunk surgery.
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Billing Code Overview
CPT code 14001 describes a surgical procedure in which the provider repairs defects of the trunk by transferring healthy tissue from an adjacent body part. The procedure represents an adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement for defects measuring greater than 10.0 cm2 and up to 30.0 cm2.
Service type: Surgical reconstructive procedure — adjacent tissue transfer/rearrangement
Typical site of service: Operating room or ambulatory surgical center, performed by a surgical specialist in a procedural setting.
National Reimbursement Benchmarks
Medicare’s mean rate of $882.7 sits well below BUCA’s average commercial mean of $1685.8, indicating that commercial payers in BUCA tend to reimburse substantially more than the Medicare baseline for CPT 14001. The gap of $803.1 between BUCA and Medicare highlights a meaningful split between commercial and government payment levels for this code.
Dispersion varies notably across payers: Blue Cross Blue Shield shows the widest interquartile spread (P75–P25 = $1,995.5), reflecting substantial variability in commercial contract rates, while Aetna has one of the tightest IQRs (P75–P25 = $565.0). UnitedHealth Group (IQR = $770.1) and Cigna (IQR = $700.0) sit in the middle, and BUCA’s IQR is $1,466.5, indicating broad commercial variability within that grouping. Medicare’s IQR is compact at $89.0.