CPT code 01740: Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecified2026 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 01740 covers

Code 01740 is for anesthesia provided during open or arthroscopic surgery at the elbow when the procedure does not have a more specific anesthesia code. An anesthesia practitioner reports the service, commonly for an elbow operation performed by an orthopedic surgeon in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting. The operative approach and the work performed at the elbow determine whether this category fits.

Choose a specific neighboring category when the operation is a diagnostic elbow arthroscopy, osteotomy, humerus repair, or another procedure with its own anesthesia code. The operative report should identify the procedure and approach; the anesthesia record should support the start and stop times. This code has 4 base units. Medicare payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor; time is recorded in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, with the conversion factor varying 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 01740 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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01740 rates by state

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

How the 01740 rate is calculated

Each of 01740’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 01740

01740 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.

01740 compared with similar codes

How to choose

01732Elbow arthroscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic joint inspection

01732 is for diagnostic elbow arthroscopy. 01740 is for other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures not described by a more specific anesthesia category.

01730Closed orthopedic anesthesiaHumerus or elbow

01730 applies to closed procedures on the humerus or elbow; 01740 applies to open or arthroscopic elbow procedures.

01742Elbow osteotomyOpen or arthroscopic osteotomy

01742 is the specific anesthesia category for elbow osteotomy. Do not use 01740 for an osteotomy when that specific category applies.

01760Elbow replacement anesthesiaTotal joint replacement

01760 applies to total elbow replacement. 01740 is for other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures without a more specific category.

Codes related to 01740

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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