Summary & Overview
CPT 00930: Anesthesia for Orchiopexy to Reposition Undescended Testis
CPT code 00930 denotes anesthesia services for surgical correction of an undescended testis (orchiopexy) performed on one or both sides. This code captures the anesthesia component of care for a common pediatric and occasionally adult urologic procedure, and is relevant to hospitals, anesthesia practices, surgical centers, and payers managing perioperative service coverage. Nationally, accurate coding of anesthesia services for genital procedures affects billing consistency, quality measurement, and payment integrity for perioperative care.
Key payers included in this analysis are Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find an overview of the clinical context for the code, typical sites of service, common claim modifiers used with anesthesia claims, associated provider taxonomies, and examples of related anesthesia procedure codes for male genital operations. The publication also summarizes typical documentation and coding considerations that influence claim adjudication and provides benchmarking context where available.
Intended for anesthesia providers, coding professionals, revenue cycle staff, and payers, this report supplies concise operational and clinical information about CPT code 00930, enabling consistent use across settings and clearer communication between surgical and anesthesia teams.
Billing Code Overview
CPT code 00930 describes anesthesia services provided for surgical treatment to reposition an undescended testis (orchidopexy) on one or both sides into the scrotum. The service type is anesthesia for a surgical orchiopexy. The typical site of service is an operating room in an inpatient or outpatient surgical setting where pediatric or adult general surgical procedures on the male genitalia are performed.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A 2-year-old male presents to pediatric surgery with an undescended testis noted on physical exam. Preoperative evaluation by the anesthesiology team documents a history of prematurity and mild reactive airway disease; the patient is ASA P2. The surgical plan is unilateral orchidopexy to mobilize and secure the testis within the scrotum under general anesthesia. The typical clinical workflow includes preoperative assessment in the pre-op holding area, induction of anesthesia (inhalational or intravenous depending on cooperation), endotracheal intubation or supraglottic airway placement, intraoperative monitoring, maintenance of anesthesia with appropriate agents, surgical repair (inguinal exploration and orchidopexy), emergence, and postoperative recovery in the PACU. Documentation includes anesthesia start and stop times, airway management, intraoperative events, anesthetic agents and doses, fluid/blood administration if any, regional blocks if used, and immediate postoperative disposition. Billing uses anesthesia code 00930 for orchidopexy (one or both sides) with modifiers applied as clinically appropriate.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
22 | Increased procedural services | Use when anesthesia care is substantially greater in complexity or time due to unusual circumstances documented in the anesthesia record. |