# CPT 11056

> Medicare paid $68.47 for CPT 11056 in the office (non-facility) setting and $23.43 in a facility under the Q1 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 13.9% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Trimming of two to four corns or calluses — thickened, hardened areas of skin — using a blade or similar instrument to relieve pressure and discomfort.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2019 (2019 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2019
- Status indicator: R
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $68.47
- Facility national allowed amount: $23.43
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.50
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.37
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.12
- Malpractice RVU: 0.03
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_V1213.csv, row 5,466
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/11056/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/11056/2019/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:45+00:00