# CPT 15789

> The national PFS baseline was $555.06 for CPT 15789 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $420.44 in a facility under the Q3 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $492.67–$687.20 and the facility amount is $377.44–$526.86. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it decreased 2.2%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2020 (2020 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2020
- Status indicator: R
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $555.06
- Facility national allowed amount: $420.44
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 4.91
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.81
- Facility practice expense RVU: 6.08
- Malpractice RVU: 0.66
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20c-updated-06192020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_V0618.csv, row 6,046
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15789/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15789/2020/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00