CPT code 01742: Elbow osteotomy, open or arthroscopic osteotomy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Louisiana
Anesthesia for open or arthroscopic elbow osteotomy, reported for operations in which the surgeon cuts elbow bone as part of the procedure.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01742 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 01742 covers
01742 covers anesthesia for an open or arthroscopic operation that includes an osteotomy at the elbow. An osteotomy involves cutting bone; this code identifies the anesthesia service, not the surgeon’s operative work. An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports the anesthesia service for the operation, while the surgeon reports the operative procedure separately.
Choose 01742 for the elbow osteotomy category rather than 01740 for other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures, 01744 for humeral repair, 01756 for radial procedures, or 01758 for cyst excision. The operative report should establish the elbow osteotomy, and the anesthesia record should document start and end times. The code has 5 base units; Medicare payment is (base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time runs from when the anesthesia practitioner begins preparing the patient until personal attendance ends and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert to 15-minute units, calculated 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 01742 pays more and less in Louisiana
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, LA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Louisiana | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01742 rate is calculated
Each of 01742’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 · 01742
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 01742
01742 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 · 01742
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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01742 isn’t priced in this setting.
01742 compared with similar codes
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5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified
- 01742 is the specific choice when an elbow osteotomy is performed. 01740 covers other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures.
- 01744Elbow repair anesthesiaHumeral nonunion or malunion
- Choose 01744 for an elbow procedure involving humeral repair; choose 01742 when the operation includes an osteotomy.
- 01756Elbow anesthesiaRadical open or arthroscopic
- 01756 is for elbow procedures involving the radius. 01742 is for an elbow osteotomy.
- 01732Elbow arthroscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic joint inspection
- 01732 is for diagnostic elbow arthroscopy. 01742 applies when the elbow operation includes an osteotomy.
01742 billing questions
When should I choose 01742 instead of 01740?
Use 01742 when the elbow operation includes an osteotomy. Use 01740 for other open or arthroscopic elbow procedures that do not fit a more specific anesthesia category.
How does 01742 differ from anesthesia for humeral repair?
01742 is for an elbow osteotomy. Compare the operative details with 01744 when the operation involves humeral repair instead.
What should the records show?
The operative report should establish that an elbow osteotomy was performed. The anesthesia record should document when preparation for anesthesia began and when personal attendance ended with the patient safe for postoperative care.
How are time units calculated for 01742?
Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units, calculated to one decimal place. For example, 38 minutes equals 2.5 time units.
What are the base units and Medicare payment calculation?
01742 has 5 base units. Medicare calculates anesthesia payment using base units plus time units, multiplied by the anesthesia conversion factor for the payment locality.
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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