CPT code 01780: Upper arm vein anesthesia, upper arm and elbow, other vein procedures2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Illinois

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01780 in Illinois.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 01780 covers

01780 represents anesthesia for an operation directed at a vein in the upper arm or elbow when the procedure does not fit a more specifically identified venous category. The operative target is a vein, not an artery, bone, or joint. An anesthesiologist or CRNA provides the anesthetic in an operating or procedural setting; the anesthesia professional reports the anesthesia service, while the surgeon documents the venous procedure.

Use 01782 for phleborrhaphy, a surgical repair of a vein; 01780 covers other upper-arm or elbow vein procedures. Code 01770 is for procedures on arteries in this region. The operative report should identify the vein and work performed, and the anesthesia record should support the practitioner’s service and its start and end times. This code has 3 base units. Medicare payment is (3 base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor; time is recorded in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, from preparation until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.

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 01780 pays more and less in Illinois

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

How the 01780 rate is calculated

Each of 01780’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 01780

01780 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.

01780 compared with similar codes

How to choose

01782Vein repair anesthesiaUpper arm and elbow

01782 identifies anesthesia for phleborrhaphy, a surgical vein repair. Use 01780 for other upper-arm or elbow vein procedures.

01770Arterial anesthesiaUpper arm and elbow

01770 applies when the operative target is an artery in the upper arm or elbow; 01780 is for a vein.

01730Closed orthopedic anesthesiaHumerus or elbow

01730 is for anesthesia during a closed procedure on the humerus or elbow, not an operation directed at an upper-arm or elbow vein.

01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified

01740 covers open or arthroscopic elbow procedures. The elbow’s location alone does not make it a venous procedure under 01780.

Codes related to 01780

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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