# CPT 01480

> CPT 01480 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 $198.27 for a 90-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q1 2016 release, before sequestration.

## What it is

Anesthesia care for open operations on the bones of the lower leg, ankle or foot, when no more specific anesthesia code applies. It is the general entry for bony work below the knee, covering things like ankle fracture repair, foot reconstruction, and bunion or midfoot bone surgery. Many of these cases are done under general anesthesia with a regional block of the leg, or under a block alone with sedation.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2016 (2016 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2016
- 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: 35.8043
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2016)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU16_V0122.csv, row 4,538
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01480/2016/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01480/2016/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:29+00:00