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CPT code 00834: Infant hernia anesthesia, younger than 1 year2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Professional anesthesia for lower abdominal hernia repair in a patient younger than 1 year, including typical infant groin hernia operations.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities

Medicare rate · 00834

Infant hernia anesthesia, younger than 1 year

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.

See every locality for 00834 →Billed by an NP, PA or therapist? →

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 00834 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 00834 covers

An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports this service when providing anesthesia for a lower abdominal hernia repair in a patient younger than 1 year. Typical cases include infant groin or inguinal hernia repair. The anesthesia record documents the patient’s age, the operation supported, the anesthesia practitioner’s care, and the start and end of anesthesia time.

Choose this code for the age-defined infant hernia service, not the general lower abdominal hernia category or the category for ventral and incisional repairs. The code has 5 base units; Medicare payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the anesthesia conversion factor for the locality. Time is measured in minutes, converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, starting when the practitioner begins preparing the patient for anesthesia and ending when 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 00834 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

00834 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

00834 rates by state

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

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00834 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 00834 rate is calculated

Each of 00834’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 · 00834

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 00834

00834 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 · 00834

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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00834 isn’t priced in this setting.

00834 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 00834

    Infant hernia anesthesia, younger than 1 year0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00830

    Hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, unspecified0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00832

    Ventral hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, ventral or incisional0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 00836

    Infant hernia anesthesia, born before 37 weeks; under 50 weeks0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

00830Hernia anesthesiaLower abdomen, unspecified
Choose 00834 when the patient is younger than 1 year; 00830 is the general lower abdominal hernia repair category.
00832Ventral hernia anesthesiaLower abdomen, ventral or incisional
00832 identifies ventral or incisional hernia repair; 00834 identifies the infant age group for lower abdominal hernia repair.
00836Infant hernia anesthesiaBorn before 37 weeks; under 50 weeks
00836 identifies a premature-infant age group. Use it when that designation fits the case rather than relying only on the patient being younger than 1 year.

Codes related to 00834

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

Codes related to 00834
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Same family
00830Hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, unspecifiedGeneral lower abdominal hernia repair anesthesia category.No office rate
00836Infant hernia anesthesia, born before 37 weeks; under 50 weeksHernia repair category identified for a premature infant age group.No office rate
Used instead
00832Ventral hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, ventral or incisionalUsed for anesthesia for ventral or incisional hernia repairs.No office rate

00834 billing questions

When should I choose this code instead of 00830?

Use 00834 for a lower abdominal hernia repair in a patient younger than 1 year. Code 00830 is the general category for lower abdominal hernia repair.

How does 00834 differ from 00832?

00834 identifies the infant age group for lower abdominal hernia repair. Code 00832 is for ventral or incisional hernia repair.

When is 00836 the closer choice?

Use 00836 when the case meets that code’s premature-infant age designation, rather than selecting 00834 solely because the patient is younger than 1 year.

What should the anesthesia record support?

Document the patient’s age, the hernia repair performed, the anesthesia practitioner’s involvement, and anesthesia start and end times.

How are units calculated for Medicare?

This code has 5 base units. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place; the base and time units are multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

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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