Joint & soft tissue0-day global

Major joint injection (knee, hip, shoulder)

Aspiration or injection of a major joint or bursa. Separate codes exist without and with ultrasound guidance — use one or the other. Image guidance by fluoroscopy is separately billable with the non-ultrasound code.

2026 national Medicare payment (typical billing): $68.81 in-office · $39.75 facility · 0.77 work RVUs

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Line	Qty	Non-facility (office)	Facility (hospital/ASC)
20610Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us	1	$68.81	$39.75
20611Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us	0	$104.21/ unit	$50.10/ unit
add-on77002Needle localization by xray	0	$121.25/ unit	$121.25/ unit
Whole procedure		$68.81	$39.75

Conversion factor: Locality: national average GPCIs

Codes in this procedure

20610 Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us — Active, 0-day global, 0.77 wRVU
20611 Drain/inj joint/bursa w/us — Active, 0-day global, 1.07 wRVU
77002 Needle localization by xray — Active, add-on code, 0.53 wRVU

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