CPT code 01939: Neurolysis anesthesia, cervical or thoracic2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Georgia
Reports anesthesia for percutaneous, image-guided neurolytic treatment of cervical or thoracic nerves, distinct from injection, aspiration, and lumbar or sacral neurolysis.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01939 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 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 in Georgia
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Georgia | Unavailable | Unavailable |
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
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
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4 codes, side by side
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.
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.
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