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CPT code 01939: Neurolysis anesthesia, cervical or thoracic2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Reports anesthesia for percutaneous, image-guided neurolytic treatment of cervical or thoracic nerves, distinct from injection, aspiration, and lumbar or sacral neurolysis.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities19.4K Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 01939

Neurolysis anesthesia, cervical or thoracic

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 01939 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 01939 covers

This service covers anesthesia for percutaneous, image-guided neurolytic treatment of nerves in the cervical or thoracic region. A proceduralist performs the nerve treatment, while an anesthesia practitioner reports the anesthesia service. The neurolytic agent is used to destroy targeted nerve tissue.

Choose 01939 for cervical or thoracic neurolytic treatment, rather than 01937 for image-guided injection, drainage, or aspiration, or 01940 for lumbar or sacral neurolysis. The operative report should identify the treated region, nerve target, image-guided percutaneous approach, and neurolytic procedure; the anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and time. This code has 4 base units; Medicare payment is the base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time runs from patient preparation by the anesthesia practitioner until personal attendance ends and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert 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 01939 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

01939 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

01939 rates by state

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

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01939 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 01939 rate is calculated

Each of 01939’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 · 01939

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 01939

01939 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 · 01939

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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01939 isn’t priced in this setting.

01939 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 01939

    Neurolysis anesthesia, cervical or thoracic0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01937

    Spinal procedure anesthesia, cervical or thoracic region0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01940

    Spinal neurolysis anesthesia, lumbar or sacral0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01941

    Spine procedure anesthesia, cervical or thoracic0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

01937Spinal procedure anesthesiaCervical or thoracic region
Both concern the cervical or thoracic region, but 01937 applies to percutaneous image-guided injection, drainage, or aspiration rather than neurolytic treatment.
01940Spinal neurolysis anesthesiaLumbar or sacral
01940 applies to neurolytic procedures in the lumbar or sacral region; 01939 applies to the cervical or thoracic region.
01941Spine procedure anesthesiaCervical or thoracic
01941 applies to cervical or thoracic neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures, rather than neurolytic treatment.

Codes related to 01939

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

Codes related to 01939
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Used instead
01937Spinal procedure anesthesia, cervical or thoracic regionFor cervical or thoracic image-guided injection, drainage, or aspiration rather than neurolytic treatment.No office rate
01941Spine procedure anesthesia, cervical or thoracicFor cervical or thoracic neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures instead of neurolytic treatment.No office rate
Same family
01940Spinal neurolysis anesthesia, lumbar or sacralThe corresponding neurolytic anesthesia code for the lumbar or sacral region.No office rate

01939 billing questions

How does this code differ from 01937?

Use 01939 for cervical or thoracic neurolytic treatment. Code 01937 applies to percutaneous image-guided injection, drainage, or aspiration procedures in that region.

When would 01940 apply instead?

Code 01940 applies to neurolytic procedures in the lumbar or sacral region. The treated region distinguishes it from 01939.

Is the nerve procedure itself included in this anesthesia code?

No. This code represents the anesthesia service; the proceduralist reports the nerve procedure separately.

How are time units calculated?

Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units, calculated to one decimal place. Medicare payment combines this code’s 4 base units with the time units and applies the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

What should the records support?

The operative report should identify the cervical or thoracic target and the percutaneous image-guided neurolytic procedure. The anesthesia record should support the service and reported anesthesia time.

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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