Q4163: Woundex, bioskin, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
Q4163 is a HCPCS Level II code for woundex, bioskin, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure). It belongs to the Temporary Codes section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q4-Oct. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusA
Active code. Paid separately under the physician fee schedule.
- Work RVU
- 0.00
- PE (non-facility)
- 3.81
- PE (facility)
- 3.81
- Malpractice RVU
- 0.00
Global period: ZZZ
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The CMS record for Q4163
- Long descriptor
- Woundex, bioskin, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Short descriptor
- Woundex, bioskin, per sq cm
- Added
- January 1, 2016
- BETOS
- O1E
- Pricing indicator
- 11: Physician fee schedule
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service: CMS's own analytic grouping.
Price established using national RVUs.
Codes adjacent to Q4163
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If Q4163 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- Q4155Neoxflo or clarixflo, 1 mg
- Q4156Neox 100 or clarix 100, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4157Revitalon, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4158Kerecis omega3, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4159Affinity, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4160Nushield, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4161Bio-connekt wound matrix, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4162Woundex flow, bioskin flow, 0.5 cc
- Q4164Helicoll, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4165Keramatrix or kerasorb, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4166Cytal, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4167Truskin, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4168Amnioband, 1 mg
- Q4169Artacent wound, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4170Cygnus, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)
- Q4171Interfyl, 1 mg