CPT code 00147: Iridectomy anesthesia, iris surgery2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 00147 in North Carolina.

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

What 00147 covers

This service covers anesthesia for an operative procedure on the iris in which tissue is removed, such as an iridectomy performed as part of eye surgery. An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports the anesthesia service; the ophthalmologist reports the eye operation separately. The operative record identifies the iris procedure, while the anesthesia record documents the care provided and anesthesia start and end times.

Choose 00147 for anesthesia when the operation is an iridectomy, not for lens surgery, corneal transplantation, vitreoretinal surgery, eyelid reconstruction, or ophthalmoscopy. The record should support the specific iris operation and the anesthesia practitioner’s service. This code has 4 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time is measured in minutes from when the anesthesia practitioner begins preparing the patient for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care, then converted to 15-minute time units to one decimal place; the conversion factor varies by locality.

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.

How North Carolina compares for 00147

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00147 rates by state

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How the 00147 rate is calculated

Each of 00147’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 00147

00147 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.

How 00147 has changed in North Carolina

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Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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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