CPT code 01730: Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbow2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Guam
Anesthesia for closed procedures involving the humerus or elbow, including closed fracture treatment performed without an open or arthroscopic approach.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01730 in Guam.
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 01730 covers
01730 applies to anesthesia for closed orthopedic procedures involving the humerus or elbow, such as closed treatment of a fracture or dislocation. Anesthesia practitioners provide and report the anesthesia service for these procedures. The operative documentation should identify the treated bone or joint and establish that the procedure was closed, rather than open or arthroscopic.
Choose 01730 for the closed procedure, not for upper-arm or elbow nerve surgery, diagnostic elbow arthroscopy, or an open or arthroscopic elbow operation. The operative report should establish the procedure and approach, while the anesthesia record should support the service and its start and end times. Medicare assigns 3 base units; payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time runs from when the practitioner begins preparing the patient until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert to 15-minute time units computed to one decimal place, and 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.
01730 in Hawaii, Guam, HI
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii, Guam, HI | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01730 rate is calculated
Each of 01730’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 · 01730
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 01730
01730 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 · 01730
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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01730 isn’t priced in this setting.
01730 compared with similar codes
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5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01710Upper-arm/elbow anesthesiaNerve, muscle, tendon NOS
- 01710 covers anesthesia for nerve procedures involving the upper arm or elbow. Choose 01730 when the anesthetized procedure is a closed orthopedic procedure on the humerus or elbow.
- 01732Elbow arthroscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic joint inspection
- 01732 is for diagnostic arthroscopy of the elbow joint. 01730 is for a closed procedure, not an arthroscopic examination.
- 01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified
- 01740 covers open or arthroscopic elbow procedures not represented by a more specific code; 01730 is for closed procedures involving the humerus or elbow.
- 01744Elbow repair anesthesiaHumeral nonunion or malunion
- 01744 applies to open or arthroscopic elbow repair involving the humerus. Use 01730 when the humerus or elbow procedure is performed closed.
01730 billing questions
When should 01730 be chosen instead of 01740?
Use 01730 for a closed procedure involving the humerus or elbow. Code 01740 describes anesthesia for open or arthroscopic elbow procedures.
Does closed fracture treatment involving the humerus or elbow fit 01730?
Yes, when the procedure is closed. The operative report should establish the treated site and closed approach.
What documentation supports reporting 01730?
The operative report should identify the humerus or elbow procedure and show that it was performed closed. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and its start and end times.
How are Medicare anesthesia units and payment calculated?
This code has 3 base units. Medicare adds time units, computed from anesthesia minutes in 15-minute units to one decimal place, and multiplies the total by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
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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