CPT code 00832: Ventral hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, ventral or incisional2026 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 00832 covers

This service covers anesthesia for repair of a ventral or incisional hernia in the lower abdomen. An anesthesiologist or CRNA typically provides and reports the anesthesia in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting. The operative report should identify the hernia as ventral or incisional and establish its lower abdominal location; the anesthesia record should support the service and its reported time.

Choose this code for those lower abdominal repairs, rather than the code for upper abdominal ventral or incisional hernias or the code for other lower abdominal hernia repairs. Medicare payment is (6 base units + time units) × the anesthesia conversion factor, which varies by locality. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, from when the practitioner begins preparing the patient for anesthesia until personal attendance ends 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 00832 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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00832 rates by state

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

How the 00832 rate is calculated

Each of 00832’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 00832

00832 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.

00832 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00830Hernia anesthesiaLower abdomen, unspecified

This code is for lower abdominal ventral or incisional hernia repair. Use 00830 for other lower abdominal hernia repairs.

00752Hernia repair anesthesiaLumbar, ventral, incisional

The distinguishing factor is the site: 00752 is for upper abdominal ventral or incisional hernia repair; this code is for the lower abdomen.

00834Infant hernia anesthesiaYounger than 1 year

00834 is the hernia repair anesthesia code for a patient younger than 1 year. This code is distinguished by the repair type and site, not that age category.

00836Infant hernia anesthesiaBorn before 37 weeks; under 50 weeks

00836 is for hernia repair anesthesia in qualifying premature infants. This code covers lower abdominal ventral or incisional repairs outside that patient-specific category.

Codes related to 00832

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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