CPT code 0771T: VR procedural dissociation, same physician, first service2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 0771T 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 0771T covers

0771T identifies virtual reality procedural dissociation when the physician providing that service is also performing the procedure. It marks the first service in the same-physician branch of the code family. The related codes distinguish the other-physician arrangement and additional services: 0773T identifies the first service when another physician provides dissociation, while 0772T and 0774T identify additional services in their respective same-physician and other-physician branches. This code is distinct from 0770T, which identifies VR technology-assisted therapy.

Medicare lists 0771T with physician fee schedule status C, carrier priced. CMS publishes no national payment amount; the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. As a CPT Category III code, it belongs to the temporary code set for emerging technology, which Medicare contractors price individually. Report it for the first VR procedural dissociation service in the same-physician arrangement; use the code-family distinctions to separate that arrangement from services provided by another physician and from VR-assisted therapy.

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 0771T 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.

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How the 0771T rate is calculated

Each of 0771T’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 0771T

0771T 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.

0771T compared with similar codes

How to choose

0772TVR dissociationSmall procedure, each additional

0771T identifies the first service when the physician providing dissociation also performs the procedure; 0772T identifies additional services in that same-physician branch.

0773TVR procedural dissociationOther clinician, initial 15 minutes

Both identify the first service in their respective branches. Use 0773T when another physician provides the dissociation service.

0770TVR-assisted therapyWith physiologic monitoring

0770T identifies VR technology-assisted therapy; 0771T identifies VR procedural dissociation when the same physician performs the procedure.

Codes related to 0771T

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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