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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

33724 Venous anomaly repair Medicare reimbursement rates in Virginia

Reports operative correction of an abnormal venous connection involving the heart when the surgeon reconstructs the venous pathway rather than treating a narrowed pulmonary vein. Compare 33724 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Virginia.

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 33724 in Virginia?

Virginia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

No supported rate

Facility setting

$1369.97–$1572.28

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Virginia

Highest: Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

A spread of $202.31 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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Congenital heart surgery

About 33724: Surgical repair of a cardiac venous anomaly

Reports operative correction of an abnormal venous connection involving the heart when the surgeon reconstructs the venous pathway rather than treating a narrowed pulmonary vein.

Code 33724 covers surgical correction of a venous anomaly involving the heart or its major venous connections. A congenital cardiac surgeon performs the repair in a hospital operating room, reconstructing the abnormal pathway so venous blood reaches its intended cardiac destination. The operative report should identify the anomalous vein, where it drained before repair, and how the surgeon redirected or reconstructed the connection.

Select 33724 for the documented venous anomaly repair, rather than for relief of pulmonary venous stenosis, which is described by 33726. Medicare treats this as major surgery: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included. If other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50% under the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy. An assistant surgeon may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation. Team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 33724

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 adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
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 RVU26.94 · 62%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU9.45 · 22%
  • Malpractice RVU6.78 · 16%

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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.

33724 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Virginia, from the same CMS release.

33726

Pulmonary vein repair

Stenosis reconstruction

No office rate

Code 33726 addresses pulmonary venous stenosis. For 33724, the operative focus is correction of an anomalous venous connection rather than relief of narrowing.

33720

Heart defect repair

Surgical repair

No office rate

Code 33720 describes a different heart-defect repair. Do not substitute it for 33724 when the operative report supports the venous anomaly repair.

Compare 33724 by payment locality

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2 of 2 payment localities

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

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33724 billing questions

How is 33724 distinguished from 33726?

Use 33724 for repair of the venous anomaly. Code 33726 describes repair of pulmonary venous stenosis, where narrowing of the vein is the condition treated.

What operative details support 33724?

The report should identify the anomalous venous connection, its original drainage, and the reconstruction performed. Those details establish what was repaired.

Can modifier 50 be reported for this repair?

No. The anatomy and procedure represented by 33724 make bilateral reporting with modifier 50 inappropriate.

Is a related postoperative visit separately reported?

The 90-day global period includes related postoperative care, as well as the day-before preoperative visit.

How are additional surgeons handled?

An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeons require supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.

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.

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