CPT code 01462: Closed lower-leg anesthesia, lower leg, ankle, or foot2026 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 01462 covers

This code covers anesthesia for closed procedures involving the lower leg, ankle, or foot, such as closed fracture or dislocation reductions and manipulations. An anesthesiologist or CRNA typically provides the anesthesia in an operating room or procedure room while the surgeon treats the affected site without an open approach.

Select this code for a closed procedure rather than ankle or foot arthroscopy, an open operation in this region, or anesthesia for lower-leg cast application, removal, or repair. The operative report should establish the body site and closed procedure performed; the anesthesia record should identify the anesthesia practitioner and document start and end times. Medicare assigns 3 base units; payment is (base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time is counted in minutes from preparation for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely enter postoperative care, then converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place.

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 01462 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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01462 rates by state

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

How the 01462 rate is calculated

Each of 01462’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 01462

01462 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.

01462 compared with similar codes

How to choose

01464Ankle/foot arthroscopyAnkle or foot arthroscopy

01462 is for closed, nonarthroscopic procedures. Anesthesia for ankle or foot arthroscopy is reported with 01464.

01480Open lower-extremity anesthesiaLower leg, ankle, or foot

01462 applies to closed procedures; 01480 applies when the lower-leg, ankle, or foot operation uses an open approach.

01490Lower-leg cast anesthesiaApplication, removal, or repair

01490 is specific to lower-leg cast application, removal, or repair. Use 01462 for other closed procedures in the region.

Codes related to 01462

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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