CPT code 01482: Radical resection anesthesia, lower leg, ankle, or foot2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Illinois
Anesthesia for open radical resection involving the lower leg, ankle, or foot, selected when the procedure is a radical resection rather than another open operation.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01482 in Illinois.
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 01482 covers
This anesthesia service accompanies an open radical resection involving the lower leg, ankle, or foot. The operative surgeon performs the resection, while an anesthesiologist or CRNA provides and reports the anesthesia, typically in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting.
Select 01482 when the operative documentation identifies an open radical resection in these regions. Code 01480 describes other open procedures; 01484 is for open bone reshaping procedures, and 01486 is for open total ankle replacement. The operative report should establish the body site, open approach, and radical nature of the resection; the anesthesia record should support the service and its start and end times. This code has 4 base units; Medicare anesthesia payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the locality-specific anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia 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.
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 01482 pays more and less in Illinois
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| East St. Louis, IL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Illinois | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Suburban Chicago, IL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01482 rate is calculated
Each of 01482’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 · 01482
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 01482
01482 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 · 01482
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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01482 isn’t priced in this setting.
01482 compared with similar codes
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4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01480Open lower-extremity anesthesiaLower leg, ankle, or foot
- 01482 is for open radical resection; 01480 is for other open procedures in the lower leg, ankle, or foot.
- 01484Bone procedure anesthesiaOpen lower leg, ankle, or foot
- Choose 01484 for open bone reshaping or reconstruction rather than radical resection.
- 01486Ankle replacement anesthesiaOpen total joint replacement
- 01486 applies to open total ankle replacement; 01482 applies to open radical resection in the lower leg, ankle, or foot.
01482 billing questions
When should 01482 be used instead of 01480?
Use 01482 for an open radical resection in the lower leg, ankle, or foot. Code 01480 is for other open procedures in those regions when the procedure is not classified as a radical resection.
What documentation supports choosing 01482?
The operative report should establish the body site, open approach, and radical extent of the resection. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and its start and end times.
Are the surgeon’s resection services included in 01482?
No. 01482 reports the anesthesia service; the surgeon reports the operative procedure separately on the surgeon’s claim.
How are time units calculated for 01482?
Anesthesia time begins when the practitioner starts preparing the patient for anesthesia and ends when the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care. Minutes convert to 15-minute units, computed to one decimal place; for example, 38 minutes converts to 2.5 time units.
How does Medicare calculate payment for 01482?
Medicare calculates anesthesia payment as base units plus time units, multiplied by the anesthesia conversion factor for the payment locality. This code has 4 base units.
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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