CPT code 01740: Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecified2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Louisiana
Anesthesia code 01740 covers open or arthroscopic elbow procedures that do not fit a more specific anesthesia category in the elbow series.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01740 in Louisiana.
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 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 in Louisiana
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, LA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Louisiana | Unavailable | Unavailable |
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.
How the rate is built · 01740
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 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.
Place of service · 01740
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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01740 isn’t priced in this setting.
01740 compared with similar codes
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5 codes, side by side
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.
01740 billing questions
When should 01740 be chosen over 01732?
01732 is for diagnostic elbow arthroscopy. Use 01740 for another open or arthroscopic elbow operation when no more specific anesthesia category describes it.
How does 01740 differ from 01742?
01742 applies to anesthesia for elbow osteotomy. Choose 01740 only when the open or arthroscopic elbow procedure is not represented by a more specific category.
Are anesthesia minutes billed as separate units?
Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to time units of 15 minutes, calculated to one decimal place. Medicare payment combines those time units with the 4 base units and the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
What should the records show?
The operative report should establish the elbow procedure and whether it was open or arthroscopic. The anesthesia record should support when preparation for anesthesia began and when personal attendance ended and the patient could safely be placed under postoperative care.
Is the elbow operation included in 01740?
01740 identifies the anesthesia service for the operation; it is not the code for the surgeon’s elbow procedure.
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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