CPT code 00916: Bleeding-control anesthesia, after transurethral resection2026 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 00916 covers

This service accompanies an endoscopic return through the urethra to manage bleeding after a transurethral resection. The urologist may inspect the bladder or resection bed, clear clots, and control bleeding endoscopically. An anesthesia practitioner provides the anesthetic for this hemostatic procedure, typically in a hospital or ambulatory surgery facility; the service is distinct from anesthesia for the original resection.

Choose 00916 when the procedure is performed to control bleeding after transurethral resection; 00912 and 00914 describe anesthesia for transurethral bladder tumor and prostate resections, respectively. The operative and anesthesia records should support the post-resection bleeding indication, the endoscopic intervention, and the anesthesia practitioner’s care and times. This code has 5 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time is reported in minutes and converted to units per 15 minutes to one decimal place, from preparation for anesthesia until 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 00916 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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00916 rates by state

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

How the 00916 rate is calculated

Each of 00916’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 00916

00916 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.

00916 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00910Transurethral anesthesiaOther transurethral procedures

00910 is the general choice for a transurethral procedure not otherwise specified. Choose 00916 when the procedure specifically treats bleeding after transurethral resection.

00912Bladder tumor anesthesiaTransurethral resection

00912 applies when the transurethral procedure resects a bladder tumor. 00916 applies when the procedure is performed to control bleeding after a transurethral resection.

00914Prostate resection anesthesiaTransurethral approach

00914 applies to transurethral prostate resection. Use 00916 for a procedure whose purpose is controlling bleeding after a transurethral resection.

Codes related to 00916

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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