CPT code 64702: Nerve neuroplasty, one digit2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $488.66 for 64702 nationally in a facility.

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

What 64702 covers

This code describes operative freeing of one or both digital nerves in a single finger or toe. The surgeon exposes the affected nerve and releases tissue tethering or constricting it; the service is directed to a digital nerve, not a larger nerve in the hand, foot, arm, or leg. Hand, orthopedic, plastic, and foot surgeons may perform it when examination and operative findings support focal digital nerve involvement.

Select the code when the treated nerve or nerves are in the same digit, and document the digit, side, nerve involvement, and release performed. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; co-surgeon and team-surgery designations are not permitted.

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 64702 pays more and less

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

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64702 rates by state

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How the 64702 rate is calculated

Each of 64702’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 64702

64702 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

64702 compared with similar codes

How to choose

64704Nerve neuroplastyHand or foot nerve

64702 is for one or both digital nerves in the same finger or toe. Consider 64704 for neuroplasty of a nerve of the hand or foot outside that digital-nerve service.

64708Nerve neuroplastyMajor arm or leg nerve

64708 addresses neuroplasty of a major peripheral nerve in the arm or leg. It is not the code for freeing a digital nerve within one finger or toe.

64726Nerve decompressionPlantar digital nerve

64726 specifically describes decompression of a plantar digital nerve. Distinguish that foot-specific decompression service from neuroplasty of a digital nerve reported with 64702.

64776Neuroma excisionDigital nerve, hand or foot

64776 reports excision of a digital nerve neuroma. Choose it when the operative service removes the neuroma rather than freeing the nerve from constricting or tethering tissue.

Codes related to 64702

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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