CPT code 64763: Nerve neurotomy, major nerve, hip or thigh2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $504.35 for 64763 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 64763 covers

This code represents surgical interruption of a major peripheral nerve in the hip or thigh. The surgeon identifies and exposes the targeted nerve, then performs the neurotomy as part of an operative treatment plan. The procedure is generally performed in a hospital or other surgical setting by a surgeon managing a nerve-related condition. The operative report should identify the nerve and its location so the service can be distinguished from neurotomy of another nerve or a procedure that removes a nerve lesion.

Select the code based on the documented nerve, its hip or thigh location, and the service performed; the CPT distinction between this code and its sibling concerns the nerve classification. Keep the operative report and diagnosis documentation available to support that choice and any reported laterality. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 64763 pays more and less

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64763 rates by state

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How the 64763 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 64763

64763 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 50

64763 compared with similar codes

How to choose

64766Nerve neurotomyHip or thigh nerve

This is the related hip or thigh nerve neurotomy code for a different CPT nerve classification. Use the documented target nerve and applicable CPT distinction to choose.

64712Nerve revisionSciatic nerve

64712 is directed specifically to the sciatic nerve. This code is selected for a major peripheral nerve in the hip or thigh when that classification fits.

64786Neuroma excisionSciatic nerve

64786 addresses removal of a sciatic nerve lesion. This code reports neurotomy, not excision of a nerve lesion.

Codes related to 64763

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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