CPT code 01810: Forearm and hand anesthesia, nerve, muscle, tendon2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Georgia
Anesthesia for nerve, muscle, or tendon procedures of the forearm, wrist, or hand, including services such as carpal tunnel release.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01810 in Georgia.
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 01810 covers
Code 01810 covers anesthesia for operations involving nerves, muscles, or tendons in the forearm, wrist, or hand. Common examples include carpal tunnel release and nerve or tendon repair in these areas. An anesthesia practitioner, such as an anesthesiologist or CRNA, provides the anesthesia service. The operative report identifies the procedure and target structure, and the anesthesia record documents the service and its time.
Choose 01810 for nerve, muscle, or tendon procedures rather than closed bone work (01820), diagnostic wrist arthroscopy (01829), other wrist or hand arthroscopic or endoscopic procedures (01830), artery or vein procedures, or cast application. The records should support the treated anatomy, procedure, and anesthesia time. Medicare payment uses 3 base units plus anesthesia 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; CMS converts minutes 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 01810 pays more and less in Georgia
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Georgia | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01810 rate is calculated
Each of 01810’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 · 01810
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 01810
01810 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 · 01810
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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01810 isn’t priced in this setting.
01810 compared with similar codes
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5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01820Wrist and hand bone anesthesiaClosed bone procedures
- 01820 is for closed procedures on forearm, wrist, or hand bones; 01810 is for procedures involving nerves, muscles, or tendons.
- 01829Wrist arthroscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic procedure
- 01829 identifies anesthesia for diagnostic wrist arthroscopy. Choose 01810 when the anesthesia is for a procedure involving nerves, muscles, or tendons.
- 01830Wrist joint anesthesiaOther wrist/hand joint procedures
- 01830 covers wrist or hand arthroscopic or endoscopic procedures not otherwise specified; 01810 covers procedures involving nerves, muscles, or tendons.
- 01840Arterial procedure anesthesiaForearm, wrist, or hand
- 01840 is for artery procedures in the forearm, wrist, or hand. Choose 01810 when the operative target is a nerve, muscle, or tendon instead.
01810 billing questions
Does 01810 cover anesthesia for carpal tunnel release?
Yes. It applies to anesthesia for median nerve decompression at the wrist, a nerve procedure in this code's anatomic region.
How is 01810 different from anesthesia for a wrist bone procedure?
01810 is for procedures involving nerves, muscles, or tendons. 01820 covers closed procedures on forearm, wrist, or hand bones.
What should the records show to support 01810?
The operative report should identify the forearm, wrist, or hand structure treated and the procedure performed. The anesthesia record should document the anesthesia service and its time.
How are anesthesia time units calculated for 01810?
Time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units, calculated to one decimal place. It starts when the anesthesia practitioner begins preparing the patient and ends when personal attendance ends and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.
Does 01810 apply to artery or vein procedures in the hand?
No. Artery and vein procedures have separate anesthesia categories, even when the operative site is in the same forearm, wrist, or hand region.
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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