# CPT 15820

> The national PFS baseline was $587.96 for CPT 15820 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $520.82 in a facility under the Q1 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $524.99–$738.09 and the facility amount is $468.12–$656.97. This is a 0.1% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2022 (2022 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2022
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $587.96
- Facility national allowed amount: $520.82
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.27
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.25
- Facility practice expense RVU: 8.31
- Malpractice RVU: 0.47
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JAN.csv, row 6,234
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15820/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15820/2022/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:11:16+00:00