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CPT code 00796: Liver transplant anesthesia, recipient transplant procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Anesthesia for the recipient operation in liver transplantation, including removal of the diseased liver and implantation of a donor graft.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities1.8K Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 00796

Liver transplant anesthesia, recipient transplant procedure

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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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.

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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 00796 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 00796 covers

This anesthesia service is for the recipient’s liver transplant operation, a major upper abdominal procedure that may involve removing the diseased liver and implanting a donor liver with vascular and biliary reconstruction. An anesthesiologist or CRNA typically provides and reports the service in a hospital operating room; transplant cases may involve substantial changes in blood loss and circulation during graft implantation and reperfusion.

Use this code for anesthesia during liver transplantation, rather than for anesthesia during a partial liver resection without transplantation or an unspecified upper abdominal operation. The anesthesia record and operative documentation should establish that the patient underwent a liver transplant and support the anesthesia practitioner’s service and time. This code has 30 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes, starting when the practitioner begins preparing the patient for anesthesia and ending when personal attendance ends and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care. Minutes are divided by 15 to calculate time units to one decimal place.

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 00796 pays more and less

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

109 of 109 payment localities

00796 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

00796 rates by state

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

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00796 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 00796 rate is calculated

Each of 00796’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.

How the rate is built · 00796

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.0000

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$0.00

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 00796

00796 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.

Place of service · 00796

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

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00796 isn’t priced in this setting.

00796 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 00796

    Liver transplant anesthesia, recipient transplant procedure0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00790

    Upper abdominal anesthesia, intraperitoneal procedures0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00792

    Liver resection anesthesia, partial hepatectomy0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00794

    Pancreatectomy anesthesia, upper abdominal procedure0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

00790Upper abdominal anesthesiaIntraperitoneal procedures
00796 identifies anesthesia for liver transplantation; 00790 is the less specific upper abdominal intraperitoneal category.
00792Liver resection anesthesiaPartial hepatectomy
Choose 00792 for anesthesia during partial hepatectomy without transplantation. Use 00796 for the liver transplant recipient operation.
00794Pancreatectomy anesthesiaUpper abdominal procedure
00794 applies to anesthesia for upper abdominal pancreatectomy; 00796 is for liver transplantation.

Codes related to 00796

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

Codes related to 00796
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Same family
00790Upper abdominal anesthesia, intraperitoneal proceduresGeneral upper abdominal intraperitoneal anesthesia when the procedure is not represented by a more specific code.No office rate
00792Liver resection anesthesia, partial hepatectomyAnesthesia for partial hepatectomy without liver transplantation.No office rate
00794Pancreatectomy anesthesia, upper abdominal procedureAnesthesia for an upper abdominal pancreatectomy rather than liver transplantation.No office rate

00796 billing questions

Does this code describe the liver transplant surgery itself?

No. It reports the anesthesia service for the transplant recipient’s operation; the transplant surgery is reported separately by the operating team.

How are units calculated for 00796?

The code has 30 base units. Medicare adds time units calculated by dividing anesthesia minutes by 15 and calculating to one decimal place, then applies the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

What should the records support?

The operative documentation should identify a liver transplant, and the anesthesia record should support the practitioner’s service and the start and end of anesthesia time.

Is 00796 appropriate for anesthesia during a partial liver resection?

No. A partial hepatectomy without transplantation is distinguished from a liver transplant and is represented by 00792.

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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