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C1602: reimbursement & related procedures.

C1602 is the HCPCS Level II device code (often searched as CPT C1602) for: Orthopedic/device/drug matrix/absorbable bone void filler, antimicrobial-eluting (implantable). No public Medicare dataset shows who bills C1602: this class of device code never appears as its own paid line in Medicare's public claims files.

Pass-through
Paid separately (OPPS status H, APC 2043)
C1602
HCPCS Level II (OPPS-only device code)
35
Procedures it rides with
8,793
Medicare services across those procedures (2024)
The reimbursement

What does Medicare pay for C1602?

C1602 is a transitional pass-through device (OPPS status indicator H) on device pass-through APC 2043: hospitals are paid separately for it, at amounts set from hospital cost data rather than a single national rate printed in Addendum B. Pass-through status is temporary by design; when it lapses, the code becomes packaged. In ambulatory surgical centers it is an OPPS pass-through device: paid separately, contractor-priced.

OPPS status indicatorH
APCDevice pass-through APC 2043
ASC payment indicatorJ7: an OPPS pass-through device: paid separately, contractor-priced
Fee schedule2026 OPPS Addendum B / ASC addenda
The honest answer

Why nobody can show you who bills C1602.

No public CMS dataset carries C1602 utilization, at any grain. It is paid separately to hospitals as a pass-through device, but those payments live in facility claims that CMS publishes only at APC grain, so the code still never appears as its own line in any public file. The Medicare-visible side is the procedure, not the device.

Per-claim C-code detail exists only in restricted CMS research files that can't be used in a commercial product. So any site offering a "C1602 top billers" list is showing you something other than real data. We'd rather show you what actually exists: the procedures below are where this device shows up in Medicare's public data, and each one has a real who-bills answer.

New to this code class? Read how C-codes are reimbursed.

The visible side

The procedures C1602 rides with.

The device is invisible in the claims data. The procedures it's used in are not: each row below is public 2024 Medicare data.

CodeProcedure (CMS description)Providers (2024)Services
11981Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue792,616
28122Partial removal of foot or heel bone801,976
28124Partial removal of toe bone441,111
28005Incision of foot bone43895
11012Removal of foreign material from skin, tissue, muscle, and…25722
26236Partial removal of finger bone at end of finger37607
28120Partial removal of infected foot or heel bone21312
27640Partial removal of shin bone8202
27071Partial removal of deep cyst or growth of hip, pubic, or…4110
27360Partial removal of thigh and/or lower leg bones376
26230Partial removal of hand bone372
27070Partial removal of superficial cyst or growth of hip…222

+ 23 more paired procedures in CMS's device-pairing data.

The device never gets a public line. The procedures do. Prospect 811 ranks who performs them in your exact territory, with phone numbers and year-over-year history.

See who does these procedures

Device makers in this space disclose payments to clinicians under the Sunshine Act: state-by-state industry payments

Where this comes from. Payment status is CMS's own 2026 OPPS Addendum B and ASC addenda, labeled with the file year; codes with no separate payment render CMS's status in words, never a fake $0. Device-procedure pairings come from CMS's published pairings for pass-through devices plus the procedure codes each device class is documented to ride with. Related-procedure counts come from CMS's public Medicare Provider Utilization & Payment data for 2024 (traditional fee-for-service only; lines under 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS before publication). No public CMS file carries per-code utilization for these device codes at any grain, and these pages say so instead of inventing it. Code descriptions are CMS's own HCPCS Level II text. Prospect 811 organizes public data; it doesn't add to or alter it. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS. Full detail on the data page.

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