No office rate
This code describes lower-extremity artery exploration that is not followed by repair. Code 35700 is for reoperation involving a bypass graft and is reported with a primary procedure.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
35700 Bypass reoperation Medicare reimbursement rates in Connecticut
Additional reporting for repeat surgery involving a previously placed bypass graft, submitted with the primary operation when reoperative work is performed. Compare 35700 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Connecticut.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 35700 in Connecticut?
Connecticut has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$144.88
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Connecticut
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Vascular surgery
About 35700: Reoperation on a bypass graft
Additional reporting for repeat surgery involving a previously placed bypass graft, submitted with the primary operation when reoperative work is performed.
Code 35700 captures the added work of operating again on a previously placed bypass graft. Vascular surgeons report it when a new operation requires reentry into a prior bypass-graft operative field; it is not the primary code for the definitive procedure. The operative record should identify the existing graft, explain why another operation was needed, and describe the reoperative work performed. The service is associated with operative treatment of bypass-graft problems, not a routine office encounter.
Report 35700 only with the CPT code for the primary operation; it cannot stand alone. Select that primary code for the actual procedure performed, such as an appropriate lower-extremity bypass operation, and report 35700 when the record supports reoperation on the graft. CMS treats it as an add-on code paid within the primary procedure's global period. The operative report should connect the prior graft, the repeat operative work, and the definitive service represented by the primary code.
CMS billing rules for 35700
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU3.00 · 73%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.31 · 8%
- Malpractice RVU0.78 · 19%
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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.
35700 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Connecticut, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
This code describes thrombectomy of an arterial or venous graft without graft revision. Code 35700 reports reoperative work as an add-on, not thrombectomy itself.
No office rate
This code describes graft thrombectomy with revision. Use it for that work; 35700 is add-on reporting for reoperation involving a bypass graft.
Compare 35700 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$144.88
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 35700 in Connecticut.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,408
- Code
- 35700
- Physician work
- 3.00
- Practice expense
- 0.31
- Malpractice
- 0.78
GPCI2026.csv
38
- Locality
- Connecticut
- Physician work
- 1.020
- Practice expense
- 1.077
- Malpractice
- 1.210
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 3.00 | × 1.020 | 3.0600 |
| Practice expense | 0.31 | × 1.077 | 0.3339 |
| Malpractice | 0.78 | × 1.210 | 0.9438 |
| Total RVUs | 4.3377 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Connecticut$144.88
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3 | 1.02 |
| Practice expense | 0.31 | 1.077 |
| Malpractice | 0.78 | 1.21 |
(3 × 1.02 + 0.31 × 1.077 + 0.78 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $144.88
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
35700 billing questions
Can 35700 be reported by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be submitted with the primary procedure performed during the reoperation.
How do I choose the primary procedure?
Code the definitive operation actually performed. For example, 35556 or 35656 may represent a femoral-popliteal bypass, depending on the graft used and the procedure performed.
How is 35700 different from 35703?
Code 35703 describes exploration of a lower-extremity artery that is not followed by surgical repair. Code 35700 is add-on reporting for reoperation involving a bypass graft.
Is 35700 the code for graft thrombectomy?
No. Codes 35875 and 35876 describe thrombectomy of an arterial or venous graft, without or with graft revision, respectively. Choose codes based on the work performed.
What documentation supports 35700?
Document the existing bypass graft, the reason for returning to the operative field, the reoperative work performed, and the primary procedure completed.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
4,40535694,,Art trnsposj subclav carotid,A,,18.80,3.38,NA,3.38,,4.80,26.98,26.98,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,40635695,,Art trnsposj carotid subclav,A,,19.56,3.44,NA,3.44,,4.98,27.98,27.98,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,40735697,,Reimplant artery each,A,,2.93,0.29,NA,0.29,,0.73,3.95,3.95,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,40835700,,Reoperation bypass graft,A,,3.00,0.31,NA,0.31,,0.78,4.09,4.09,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,40935701,,Expl n/flwd surg neck art,A,,7.31,2.87,NA,2.87,,1.30,11.48,11.48,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,41035702,,Expl n/flwd surg uxtr art,A,,6.94,2.55,NA,2.55,,1.65,11.14,11.14,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,41135703,,Expl n/flwd surg lxtr art,A,,7.31,2.30,NA,2.30,,1.76,11.37,11.37,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3501112,CA,70,YUBA CITY,1.017,1.096,0.536
3601112,CA,75,REST OF CALIFORNIA,1.017,1.096,0.536
3704112,CO,01,COLORADO,1.012,1.064,0.781
3813102,CT,00,CONNECTICUT,1.020,1.077,1.210
3912202,DC,01,DC + MD/VA SUBURBS,1.054,1.178,1.113
4012102,DE,01,DELAWARE,1.005,0.988,0.899
4109102,FL,03,FORT LAUDERDALE,1.000,1.013,1.808