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Anshumi Desai¹, Yujie Wang², Cheng-Bang Chen²

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Summary

The work relative value unit (wRVU) system does not accurately reflect the complexity of peripheral nerve surgery (PNS). Compensation for nerve grafts/transfers is lower than for other PNS procedures, indicating a need for reform.

Keywords:

RVU peripheral nerve surgery reimbursement relative value unit wRVU work relative value unit

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Area of Science:

Orthopedics
Neurosurgery
Plastic Surgery

Background:

The work relative value unit (wRVU) system is used to quantify surgical effort but has shown inaccuracies for complex procedures.
Peripheral nerve surgery (PNS), a subspecialty within hand and plastic surgery, lacks analysis regarding wRVU allocation.
Existing studies highlight the inadequacy of wRVUs in capturing the true complexity of certain surgical specialties.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the accuracy of wRVUs in peripheral nerve surgery (PNS).
To correlate operative time with wRVUs for various PNS procedures.
To assess the efficiency of compensation models in PNS.

Main Methods:

A retrospective analysis of 2402 PNS procedures (2005-2021) using Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) codes from the ACS NSQIP database.
Categorization of procedures into neuroplasty, nerve repair, and nerve grafting/transfers.
Calculation of efficiency as wRVU per operative minute and correlation analysis between operative time, wRVU, and wRVU/minute.

Main Results:

Nerve grafts/transfers yielded the highest wRVU (mean 16.35) but the lowest wRVU per minute (0.09), indicating lower efficiency.
Neuroplasty (mean 7.24 wRVU) and nerve repairs showed a strong correlation between operative time and wRVU (R = .86 and R = .84, respectively).
All procedures demonstrated a negative correlation between operative time and wRVU per minute, suggesting compensation does not align with procedural efficiency.

Conclusions:

Compensation for nerve grafts/transfers in PNS is disproportionately lower than for neuroplasty or nerve repairs, despite comparable or greater complexity.
The current wRVU system fails to accurately reflect the efficiency and complexity of diverse PNS procedures.
Remuneration reform is necessary to ensure equitable compensation that aligns with the actual resources and effort involved in PNS.