CPT code 01782: Vein repair anesthesia, upper arm and elbow2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Pennsylvania
Anesthesia for surgical repair of a vein in the upper arm or elbow, reported for phleborrhaphy rather than vein removal or another venous procedure.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01782 in Pennsylvania.
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 01782 covers
This code covers anesthesia for phleborrhaphy, the surgical repair of a vein in the upper arm or elbow. An anesthesia practitioner reports it for the anesthesia service during the vein-repair operation; the surgeon reports the operative repair separately. The distinction is repair rather than removal of a vein, so this code does not describe phlebectomy.
Choose 01782 when the operative report establishes repair of an upper-arm or elbow vein. Code 01780 covers other venous procedures in this region; arterial procedures are represented by nearby arterial anesthesia codes. The operative report should identify the site and repair performed, and the anesthesia record should support the service and document the time endpoints. This code has 4 base units. Medicare payment is (4 base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time begins when the practitioner starts preparing the patient for anesthesia and ends when the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes are converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, and the conversion factor varies 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 01782 pays more and less in Pennsylvania
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Philadelphia, PA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Pennsylvania | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01782 rate is calculated
Each of 01782’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 · 01782
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 01782
01782 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 · 01782
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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01782 isn’t priced in this setting.
01782 compared with similar codes
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4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01780Upper arm vein anesthesiaUpper arm and elbow, other vein procedures
- 01782 is for repair of an upper arm or elbow vein. 01780 is for another venous procedure in the same region.
- 01770Arterial anesthesiaUpper arm and elbow
- 01770 covers an upper arm or elbow arterial procedure. Choose 01782 when the operative work repairs a vein.
- 01772Arterial embolectomyUpper arm or elbow
- 01772 covers anesthesia for an arterial embolization procedure in the upper arm or elbow; 01782 is for venous repair.
01782 billing questions
When should I choose 01782 instead of 01780?
Use 01782 for surgical repair of a vein in the upper arm or elbow. Use 01780 for another venous procedure in that region.
Is 01782 used for phlebectomy?
No. This code is for vein repair, not vein removal. The operative report should support that the surgeon repaired the vein.
Does this code include the surgeon’s repair?
No. 01782 represents the anesthesia service; the surgeon reports the operative repair separately.
What should the records show?
The operative report should identify the upper arm or elbow site and document vein repair. The anesthesia record should support the service and document when anesthesia time began and ended.
How are anesthesia time and units counted?
Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute time units to one decimal place. Payment uses this code’s 4 base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
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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