CPT code 00802: Panniculectomy anesthesia, lower abdominal wall2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Stockton, CA

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 00802 in Stockton, CA.

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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 00802 covers

Code 00802 describes anesthesia for panniculectomy, in which a surgeon removes an overhanging apron of skin and subcutaneous tissue from the lower abdomen. The anesthesia professional provides and monitors anesthesia for this abdominal-wall operation, commonly performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting. The operative target is the lower abdominal skin and soft tissue, not an endoscopic bowel examination or an operation inside the abdomen.

Choose 00802 when panniculectomy is the defining operation; 00800 is for other lower anterior abdominal-wall procedures without a more specific anesthesia code. Distinguish posterior-wall, hernia, and intra-abdominal operations by the procedure performed. The anesthesia record should identify the anesthetic service and its start and stop times, while the operative report should establish the panniculectomy and lower abdominal site. This code has 5 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) × the locality anesthesia conversion factor, which varies by locality. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal; it begins when the anesthesia practitioner starts preparing the patient and ends when personal attendance stops 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.

How Stockton, CA compares for 00802

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How the 00802 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 00802

00802 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.

Codes related to 00802

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How 00802 has changed in Stockton, CA

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Where the Stockton, CA rate applies

Stockton, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 28 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Stockton
• Acampo
• August
• Collierville
• Country Club
• Dogtown
• Escalon
• Farmington

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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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