CPT code 00906: Vulvectomy anesthesia, vulvar excision2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Massachusetts
Anesthesia practitioners report 00906 for anesthesia during partial or complete removal of vulvar tissue, including operations for vulvar lesions or malignancy.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 00906 in Massachusetts.
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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What 00906 covers
00906 covers anesthesia for surgery that removes part or all of the vulva, commonly to treat a vulvar lesion or malignancy. A gynecologic surgeon typically performs the operation in an operating room; the anesthesiologist or CRNA reports the anesthesia service, separately from the surgeon’s procedure.
Choose 00906 for a vulvectomy rather than an operation on the vagina, anorectal region, or another perineal site. The operative report should identify the vulvar resection and its extent, and document any accompanying groin-node or adjacent-tissue work; the anesthesia record should support the anesthetic service and its timing. The code has 4 base units, and Medicare payment is (base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. CMS counts anesthesia time in minutes from preparation for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer personally attending and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care, converting minutes to 15-minute 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.
Where 00906 pays more and less in Massachusetts
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Boston, MA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Massachusetts | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 00906 rate is calculated
Each of 00906’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 · 00906
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
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 00906
00906 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 · 00906
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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00906 isn’t priced in this setting.
00906 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 00904Perineal anesthesiaRadical procedures
- 00906 specifically covers anesthesia for vulvectomy. Use 00904 for a radical perineal procedure that is not a vulvectomy.
- 00940Vaginal procedure anesthesiaOther vaginal procedures
- 00940 is for vaginal procedures; 00906 is for removal of vulvar tissue.
- 00902Anorectal anesthesiaAnorectal procedures
- 00902 is for anorectal procedures. A vulvar operation belongs under 00906, not the anorectal anesthesia code.
00906 billing questions
When should I choose 00906 instead of 00904?
Use 00906 when the operation is a vulvectomy. Code 00904 is for a radical perineal procedure other than a vulvectomy.
Is the vulvectomy itself reported with 00906?
The surgeon reports the vulvectomy procedure, while the anesthesia practitioner reports 00906 for the anesthesia service. The operative record should support the surgical service, and the anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service.
How are anesthesia time units calculated for 00906?
CMS counts anesthesia time in minutes and converts it to units of 15 minutes, calculated to one decimal place. The count begins when the practitioner starts preparing the patient for anesthesia and ends when personal attendance ends and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.
What documentation supports reporting 00906?
The operative report should identify the vulvectomy and describe its extent, including any accompanying groin-node or adjacent-tissue work. The anesthesia record should support the service and the start and end of anesthesia time.
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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