CPT procedure code

17021

Medicare payment

—

No national Medicare fee schedule we hold prices 17021. CMS fee schedules ↗

Code definition

Code

17021

Code system

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)

This CPT code is not in our curated reference. CPT codes are maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA). Full descriptions require an AMA license.

Policy activity for CPT 17021

CLV Intelligence is tracking 1 policy change that cite CPT 17021 most recently on 2026-06-05, drawn from 1 Federal Register notice. The changes span Inpatient (IPPS). 1 is flagged critical or high priority.

Federal Register notice: 1

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 17021 to date; each links to the government publication that is authoritative. Monitored daily from CMS, the Federal Register, and Medicare Administrative Contractor publications.

Policy changes matched to 17021

Matched to this code by CLV analysis of each policy. The linked source document is authoritative.

Federal Register Final Rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes

Inpatient (IPPS) · FR-2024-17021

Government source· Federal Registerverify ↗

Critical

Full analysis available with a CLV subscription.

View alert

Audit documentation

Building an audit file that includes CPT 17021?

The Tripwire Audit Pack exports 12 months of single-specialty policy-change history — every alert with a link to its government source document, as a formatted PDF for compliance distribution plus a machine-readable CSV. Delivered automatically after payment. No account, no call.

See audit packs — $349One-time purchase · not a subscription

Related CPT codes (170xx)

17000Surgery

Destruction, premalignant lesion, first lesion

Get alerts when policy changes affect 17021

Free weekly digest — no subscription required.

Look up another code

Search ICD-10, HCPCS, or CPT codes with related reimbursement alerts.

Code lookup