CPT code 0774T: VR dissociation service, other physician, additional time2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 0774T 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 0774T covers

This add-on represents additional time using virtual reality to support a patient's dissociation during a procedure. It is reported by the physician or other qualified health care professional providing the VR dissociation service when that clinician is other than the physician providing the procedure. It is distinct from virtual reality used as a therapeutic service outside this procedural context.

Medicare assigns this Category III code carrier-priced status. CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. Report it only with the applicable primary procedure, not by itself. This code represents each additional 15 minutes after the initial interval represented by 0773T, and Medicare treats payment within the primary procedure's global period.

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 0774T 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 0774T rate is calculated

Each of 0774T’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 0774T

The CMS indicators that decide how 0774T is paid alongside other services.

0774T compared with similar codes

How to choose

0773TVR procedural dissociationOther clinician, initial 15 minutes

0773T represents the initial interval of the other physician's VR dissociation service; 0774T represents each additional 15 minutes.

0772TVR dissociationSmall procedure, each additional

0772T is the additional-time code for the same-physician service. 0774T is for the other physician's service.

0770TVR-assisted therapyWith physiologic monitoring

0770T describes VR technology used to assist therapy. 0774T concerns additional time providing VR dissociation during a procedure.

Codes related to 0774T

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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