# CPT 00172

> CPT 00172 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 $219.95 for a 60-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q1 2017 release, before sequestration.

## What it is

Anesthesia care for surgery that repairs a cleft palate, the gap in the roof of the mouth present from birth. It is usually performed in infancy, somewhat later than cleft lip repair, and calls for careful management of a small airway shared with the surgeon working inside the mouth.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2017 (2017 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2017
- 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: 35.8887
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_V1219.csv, row 4,492
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/00172/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/00172/2017/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:28+00:00