CPT code 00140: Eye procedure anesthesia, eye procedures not otherwise specified2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 00140 covers

Anesthesia for other eye procedures applies when the operation involves the eye but does not fit a more specifically classified anesthesia service. Anesthesiologists and CRNAs report it for anesthesia they provide for procedures such as strabismus surgery, commonly performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. The operative service is reported separately by the surgeon.

Choose 00140 for qualifying eye procedures rather than anesthesia for lens surgery, corneal transplantation, vitreoretinal surgery, iridectomy, or ophthalmoscopy, which have their own codes. The operative report should identify the eye procedure and structures treated; the anesthesia record should support the service and its timing. This code has 5 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time is reported in minutes, converted to units of 15 minutes to one decimal place, from preparation for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 00140 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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00140 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the 00140 rate is calculated

Each of 00140’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 00140

00140 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

00140 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00103Eyelid anesthesiaReconstructive procedures

00103 is for anesthesia for reconstructive eyelid procedures. Use 00140 for other qualifying eye procedures that do not have a more specific anesthesia code.

00142Lens surgery anesthesiaLens procedures

00142 identifies anesthesia for lens surgery. It is more specific than 00140 when the operation is on the lens.

00145Retinal surgery anesthesiaVitreous and retina

00145 is for anesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery. Use 00140 for other eye procedures outside that surgical category.

00148Ophthalmoscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic eye examination

00148 is for anesthesia for ophthalmoscopy. An operative procedure on the eye that is not ophthalmoscopy may fall under 00140 if no more specific code applies.

Codes related to 00140

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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