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CPT code 01732: Elbow arthroscopy anesthesia, diagnostic joint inspection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Anesthesia for diagnostic arthroscopy of the elbow joint, reported when the surgeon uses a scope to inspect the joint rather than perform definitive treatment.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities38 Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 01732

Elbow arthroscopy anesthesia, diagnostic joint inspection

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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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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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 01732 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 01732 covers

01732 covers anesthesia for diagnostic arthroscopy of the elbow joint, when the surgeon uses an arthroscope to inspect the joint rather than perform a separately characterized therapeutic procedure. It is typically furnished by an anesthesiologist or CRNA for an operating-room or ambulatory surgery center case; the orthopedic surgeon performs and documents the joint examination. The setting may include diagnostic evaluation of persistent elbow symptoms when direct visualization is needed.

Select this code for diagnostic elbow arthroscopy, not anesthesia for a closed procedure or an open elbow operation. If the procedure includes definitive treatment, select the anesthesia code that matches the performed procedure. The anesthesia record should establish the service and timed attendance; the operative report should identify elbow joint arthroscopy and whether it was diagnostic or included definitive work. Medicare assigns 3 base units. Payment is (base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor; time runs from anesthesia preparation until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care, converted from minutes 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 01732 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

109 of 109 payment localities

01732 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

01732 rates by state

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

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01732 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 01732 rate is calculated

Each of 01732’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 · 01732

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

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 01732

01732 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 · 01732

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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01732 isn’t priced in this setting.

01732 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 01732

    Elbow arthroscopy anesthesia, diagnostic joint inspection0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01740

    Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecified0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01730

    Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbow0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01742

    Elbow osteotomy, open or arthroscopic osteotomy0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified
Use 01732 for diagnostic elbow arthroscopy. Use 01740 for other open or arthroscopic elbow work when a more specific anesthesia code does not describe the procedure.
01730Closed orthopedic anesthesiaHumerus or elbow
01730 applies to closed procedures involving the humerus or elbow; 01732 is for diagnostic arthroscopy inside the elbow joint.
01742Elbow osteotomyOpen or arthroscopic osteotomy
01742 is specific to elbow osteotomy procedures. Diagnostic inspection of the elbow joint by arthroscopy falls under 01732.

Codes related to 01732

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Codes related to 01732
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Used instead
01740Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecifiedFor other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures rather than diagnostic joint inspection.No office rate
01730Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbowFor a closed humerus or elbow procedure rather than elbow joint arthroscopy.No office rate
Often billed with
29830Elbow arthroscopy, diagnostic examinationDiagnostic elbow arthroscopy may be the surgeon’s corresponding procedure.No office rate

01732 billing questions

How does 01732 differ from 01740?

01732 is for diagnostic arthroscopy of the elbow joint. 01740 covers other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures not described by a more specific anesthesia code.

Does 01732 include the surgeon’s arthroscopy service?

No. 01732 reports the anesthesia service; the surgeon reports the operative service under the applicable procedure code.

How are units calculated for 01732?

The code has 3 base units. Medicare adds time units, calculated from anesthesia minutes in 15-minute units to one decimal place, then applies the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

What should the records show?

The operative report should identify arthroscopy of the elbow joint and establish whether the work was diagnostic or included definitive treatment. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and its start and end times.

Does medical direction change which code applies?

No; code selection follows the procedure performed. When an anesthesiologist medically directs a CRNA, Medicare pays each 50% of the allowance for the personally performed service.

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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