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CPT code 01852: Vein repair anesthesia, suture repair2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Anesthesia for suture repair of a vein in the forearm, wrist, or hand, reported for phleborrhaphy procedures.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities22 Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 01852

Vein repair anesthesia, suture repair

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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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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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 01852 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 01852 covers

01852 covers anesthesia for phleborrhaphy, a surgical suture repair of a vein in the forearm, wrist, or hand. An anesthesia practitioner provides anesthesia while the surgeon repairs the vein, typically in an operating room.

Choose 01852 when the operative report identifies phleborrhaphy; 01850 describes other vein procedures in the same regions that are not otherwise specified. The operative report should identify the vein’s location and the suture repair, while the anesthesia record supports the anesthesia service and its time boundaries. This code has 4 base units. Medicare payment is base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time begins when the practitioner starts preparing the patient and ends when the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert to 15-minute units calculated to one decimal place. 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 01852 pays more and less

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

109 of 109 payment localities

01852 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

01852 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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01852 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 01852 rate is calculated

Each of 01852’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 · 01852

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

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 01852

01852 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 · 01852

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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01852 isn’t priced in this setting.

01852 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 01852

    Vein repair anesthesia, suture repair0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01850

    Vein procedure anesthesia, forearm, wrist, or hand0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01840

    Arterial procedure anesthesia, forearm, wrist, or hand0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01844

    Shunt anesthesia, creation or revision0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

01850Vein procedure anesthesiaForearm, wrist, or hand
01852 identifies anesthesia for suture repair of a vein in the forearm, wrist, or hand. Use 01850 for other vein procedures in those regions that are not otherwise specified.
01840Arterial procedure anesthesiaForearm, wrist, or hand
01840 applies to arterial procedures in the forearm, wrist, or hand. 01852 is for suture repair of a vein.
01844Shunt anesthesiaCreation or revision
01844 applies to arteriovenous shunt or shunt-revision procedures. 01852 is for phleborrhaphy, not shunt work.

Codes related to 01852

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Codes related to 01852
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Same family
01850Vein procedure anesthesia, forearm, wrist, or handAnesthesia for other, not otherwise specified, vein procedures in the forearm, wrist, or hand.No office rate

01852 billing questions

When should 01852 be chosen instead of 01850?

Use 01852 for anesthesia for phleborrhaphy, the suture repair of a vein in the forearm, wrist, or hand. Use 01850 for other vein procedures in those regions that are not otherwise specified.

Does 01852 describe the surgeon’s vein repair?

No. It reports the anesthesia service. The surgeon reports the operative repair separately under the applicable surgical code.

What should the records show?

The operative report should identify the vein’s location and document suture repair. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and show the time from preparation for anesthesia through the end of personal attendance when the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.

How are time units calculated for 01852?

Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to units per 15 minutes, calculated to one decimal place. Medicare payment uses the 4 base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

How does Medicare pay when an anesthesiologist medically directs a CRNA?

When the anesthesiologist medically directs the CRNA, Medicare pays each 50% of the allowance for the personally performed service.

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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