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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

35045 Arm artery repair Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida

Reports operative repair of an arterial wall defect in the arm, selected for the treated site and defect rather than a rupture-specific repair. Compare 35045 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.

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 35045 in Florida?

Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

No supported rate

Facility setting

$938.96–$1101.45

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Florida

Highest: Miami

A spread of $162.49 per service.

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.

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Where 35045 pays more and less in Florida

Vascular surgery

About 35045: Open repair of arm artery defect

Reports operative repair of an arterial wall defect in the arm, selected for the treated site and defect rather than a rupture-specific repair.

This code describes operative repair of an arterial defect in the arm. It is typically reported by a vascular, trauma, or other surgeon treating an arterial injury or defect in an operating-room setting. The operative report should identify the affected artery and arm site, describe the defect and repair performed, and support that the service addressed the arterial defect itself.

Select this code based on the arm location and the documented defect; a rupture-specific repair is represented by a different code. CMS assigns a 90-day major-surgery global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be allowed; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 35045

Global period
Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
Multiple procedures
Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery may be paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU17.56 · 67%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU4.12 · 16%
  • Malpractice RVU4.40 · 17%

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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.

35045 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.

35013

Arterial repair

Arm rupture

No office rate

Both concern an arm artery, but 35013 is the rupture-specific repair. Choose based on whether the operative documentation describes a rupture or another arterial defect.

35001

Arterial repair

Neck artery, nonrupture

No office rate

35001 addresses an arterial defect in the neck; this code is for an arm artery defect.

35021

Arterial repair

Intrathoracic artery

No office rate

35021 addresses an arterial defect in the lower extremity; this code applies to the arm.

Compare 35045 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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35045 billing questions

How does this differ from 35013?

This code is for an arm artery defect repair. Code 35013 is the rupture-specific arm artery repair; use the code that matches the operative diagnosis and work.

Are related postoperative visits separately reported?

The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in this code’s global period.

How is bilateral repair reported?

CMS lists bilateral reporting with modifier 50, paid at 150%. The documentation should support repair on both sides.

Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment may be allowed. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.

What documentation supports reporting this code?

Document the arm artery treated, the nature and location of the defect, and the operative repair performed. The record should support a defect repair rather than a rupture-specific service.

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.

RVUs for 35045PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 4,262 (RVU26D)