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    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/00840/2021/C",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/00840/2021/C",
    "description": "Anesthesia care for operations inside the abdominal cavity in its lower half, open or laparoscopic, when no more specific anesthesia code fits. It is the counterpart to the upper-abdomen catch-all code, split by region rather than by technique. Surgeries in this group include bowel resections in the lower abdomen, appendectomy, and gynecologic or pelvic laparoscopy that is not covered by a dedicated code.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much does Medicare pay for CPT 00840?",
        "text": "CPT 00840 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 $382.82 for a 180-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q3 2021 release, before sequestration."
    },
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        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2021",
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        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
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        "non_facility_payable": false,
        "facility_payable": false
    },
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        "facility": null,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
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        "practice_expense_non_facility": null,
        "practice_expense_facility": null,
        "malpractice": null
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_JUL.csv",
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    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00"
}