CPT code 64771: Cranial nerve transection, other nerve, intracranial2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

In Delaware, Medicare pays $552.24 for 64771 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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

What 64771 covers

A surgeon reports this service when an intracranial cranial nerve is intentionally divided or avulsed. It represents destructive nerve surgery, rather than nerve decompression, repair, or removal of a nerve lesion. Neurosurgeons and other surgeons qualified to perform intracranial nerve procedures typically perform it in an operating room. The operative report should identify the nerve, its intracranial location, and the transection or avulsion performed.

Select this code when the treated nerve and operative approach fit the “other cranial nerve” category, rather than a separately named cranial nerve procedure. Documentation should establish the surgical intent and distinguish the work from procedures that preserve or decompress the nerve. Medicare assigns 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 others are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeons and team surgery 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.

How Delaware compares for 64771

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 64771 runs from $500.56 in Arkansas to $685.39 in Alaska. Delaware pays $552.24. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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64771 rates by state

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How the 64771 rate is calculated

Each of 64771’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 64771

64771 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

Codes related to 64771

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 64771 has changed in Delaware

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Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

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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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