CPT code 01760: Elbow replacement anesthesia, total joint replacement2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Guam
Anesthesia for open or arthroscopic total elbow replacement, including surgery that replaces the elbow joint to address severe joint damage.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01760 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 01760 covers
This service covers anesthesia for total replacement of the elbow joint, performed through an open approach or arthroscopically. The operation may address severe arthritis or other substantial joint damage. An anesthesiologist or CRNA typically provides and reports the anesthesia in a facility setting; the surgeon reports the elbow operation separately.
Choose 01760 for anesthesia when the procedure is a total elbow replacement, rather than a general elbow operation, osteotomy, humeral repair, or closed procedure. The operative report should establish the total replacement and approach, while the anesthesia record supports the patient, procedure, and anesthesia minutes. This code has 7 base units; Medicare payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time runs from the practitioner’s preparation of the patient for anesthesia until personal attendance ends and the patient can safely enter postoperative care, with minutes converted 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.
01760 in Hawaii, Guam, HI
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii, Guam, HI | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01760 rate is calculated
Each of 01760’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 · 01760
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 01760
01760 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 · 01760
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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01760 isn’t priced in this setting.
01760 compared with similar codes
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5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified
- 01760 is specific to anesthesia for total elbow replacement. 01740 is for an open or arthroscopic elbow procedure that does not fit a more specific anesthesia code.
- 01742Elbow osteotomyOpen or arthroscopic osteotomy
- 01742 applies to elbow osteotomy. Choose 01760 when the operation is total replacement of the elbow joint.
- 01744Elbow repair anesthesiaHumeral nonunion or malunion
- 01744 covers anesthesia for repair of the humerus at the elbow; 01760 covers anesthesia for total elbow replacement.
- 01730Closed orthopedic anesthesiaHumerus or elbow
- 01730 is for a closed procedure involving the humerus or elbow. 01760 is for open or arthroscopic total elbow replacement.
01760 billing questions
When should 01760 be chosen instead of 01740?
Use 01760 for anesthesia for total elbow replacement. Code 01740 is the broader choice for an open or arthroscopic elbow procedure that is not identified as a specific procedure such as total replacement.
How does 01760 differ from anesthesia for elbow osteotomy?
01760 applies to total elbow replacement; 01742 applies when the operation is an elbow osteotomy. Use the operative procedure, not the general body site alone, to distinguish them.
What should the records show?
The operative report should identify total elbow replacement and the approach. The anesthesia record should support the patient, procedure, and anesthesia start and end times.
How are anesthesia units calculated for 01760?
The code has 7 base units. Medicare adds time units, calculated from anesthesia minutes in 15-minute units to one decimal place, then multiplies the total by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
Does 01760 include the elbow operation or implant?
No. It represents anesthesia for the total elbow replacement; the surgeon reports the operative service separately.
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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