CPT code 01932: Central venous anesthesia, thoracic and jugular veins2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01932 in California.

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

What 01932 covers

This service covers anesthesia for therapeutic interventional radiology on intrathoracic veins, including the superior vena cava, and jugular veins. Typical procedures treat central venous narrowing or blockage with image-guided angioplasty, stenting, or thrombectomy. An anesthesia practitioner supports the procedure while an interventional radiologist performs the venous treatment.

Choose 01932 for therapeutic work on these thoracic or jugular veins, rather than the broader venous-intervention category 01930 or the intrahepatic or portal category 01931. The operative report should identify the treated anatomy and therapeutic procedure; the anesthesia record should document the anesthesia practitioner’s attendance and start and end times. Medicare payment uses 6 base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time runs from when the practitioner begins preparing the patient until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert 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.

Where 01932 pays more and less in California

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

29 of 29 payment localities

How the 01932 rate is calculated

Each of 01932’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 01932

01932 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.

01932 compared with similar codes

How to choose

01930Venous intervention anesthesiaOther venous regions

01932 is specific to therapeutic procedures on intrathoracic veins, including the superior vena cava, and jugular veins. Use 01930 for other therapeutic venous interventions not represented by a more specific site code.

01931Portal intervention anesthesiaIntrahepatic or portal system

01931 applies to procedures involving intrahepatic or portal circulation; 01932 applies to therapeutic procedures on intrathoracic or jugular veins.

01924Arterial interventionOther arterial sites

01924 is for therapeutic interventional radiology involving arteries. 01932 is for therapeutic work on the specified central veins.

01916Angiography anesthesiaDiagnostic artery or vein study

01916 is for diagnostic arteriography or venography. Choose 01932 when the anesthesia is for therapeutic interventional treatment of the specified veins.

Codes related to 01932

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.

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