CPT code 01470: Lower-leg anesthesia, nerves, muscles, tendons, fascia2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Texas
Anesthesia for procedures on nerves, muscles, tendons, or fascia of the lower leg, ankle, or foot when no more specific category applies.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01470 in Texas.
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 01470 covers
01470 covers anesthesia for procedures directed at nerves, muscles, tendons, or fascia in the lower leg, ankle, or foot when no more specific anesthesia category describes the operation. An anesthesia practitioner provides and reports the anesthesia service. This category distinguishes these procedures from anesthesia classified by a named operation, an open or closed approach, or ankle or foot arthroscopy.
Select the code based on the procedure documented in the operative report, not incision location alone. Use 01472 for Achilles tendon repair, 01474 for gastrocnemius recession, 01464 for ankle or foot arthroscopy, and 01480 for open procedures in the region not otherwise specifically categorized; 01462 describes closed procedures there. The operative report should identify the site and procedure, and the anesthesia record should support the service and document its start and end times. This code has 3 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time runs from when the practitioner begins preparing the patient for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert to 15-minute units to one decimal place, and conversion factors vary 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 01470 pays more and less in Texas
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
8 of 8 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Beaumont, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Brazoria, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Dallas, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Fort Worth, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Galveston, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Houston, TX | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Texas | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01470 rate is calculated
Each of 01470’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 · 01470
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 01470
01470 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 · 01470
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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01470 isn’t priced in this setting.
01470 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01472Achilles repairRuptured tendon
- 01472 identifies anesthesia for Achilles tendon repair. Use 01470 for other qualifying nerve, muscle, tendon, or fascia procedures in the lower leg, ankle, or foot.
- 01474Calf recession anesthesiaGastrocnemius lengthening
- 01474 is for anesthesia for gastrocnemius recession. 01470 covers other qualifying procedures on nerves, muscles, tendons, or fascia in the region.
- 01480Open lower-extremity anesthesiaLower leg, ankle, or foot
- 01480 is for open procedures in the region that are not otherwise specifically categorized. Use 01470 when the procedure is directed at a nerve, muscle, tendon, or fascia and no more specific category applies.
- 01464Ankle/foot arthroscopyAnkle or foot arthroscopy
- 01464 is for ankle or foot arthroscopy. Use 01470 for qualifying procedures on nerves, muscles, tendons, or fascia rather than an arthroscopic procedure.
01470 billing questions
When should I use 01470 instead of 01480?
Use 01470 for a procedure directed at a nerve, muscle, tendon, or fascia of the lower leg, ankle, or foot when no more specific category applies. Use 01480 for an open procedure in that region that is not otherwise specifically categorized.
Does 01470 cover Achilles tendon repair?
Use 01472 for anesthesia for Achilles tendon repair. That specific procedure category distinguishes it from 01470.
How many units are reported for 01470?
The code has 3 base units. Medicare payment adds time units, calculated from anesthesia time in 15-minute units to one decimal place, before multiplying by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
What should the records show?
The operative report should identify the lower-leg, ankle, or foot site and the procedure. The anesthesia record should support the service and document its start and end times.
Should 01470 be used for ankle or foot arthroscopy?
Use 01464 for anesthesia for ankle or foot arthroscopy. That category identifies the arthroscopic procedure rather than the nerve, muscle, tendon, or fascia procedures covered by 01470.
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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