# CPT 00812

> CPT 00812 is an anesthesia code, so Medicare has no single national rate: payment is (base units + time units) × the locality's anesthesia conversion factor — for example, about $106.24 for a 30-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q4 2022 release, before sequestration.

## What it is

Anesthesia care during a colonoscopy performed purely as a screening test in someone without symptoms, most often colorectal cancer screening at the recommended age. The screening intent is the whole point of the distinction: an identical-looking procedure done to investigate symptoms or to treat a known problem is reported with the companion diagnostic code instead. The anesthesia professional provides sedation, commonly propofol, and monitors the patient throughout.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2022 (2022 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2022
- Status indicator: J
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: not published
- Facility national allowed amount: not published
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: not published
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: not published
- Facility practice expense RVU: not published
- Malpractice RVU: not published
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_OCT.csv, row 5,291
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/00812/2022/D
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/00812/2022/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:12:03+00:00