# CPT 15821

> The national PFS baseline was $621.48 for CPT 15821 in the office (non-facility) setting and $549.58 in a facility under the Q1 2024 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2024. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $559.06–$796.90 and the facility amount is $497.23–$693.73. This is a 1.7% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2024 (2024 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2024
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $621.48
- Facility national allowed amount: $549.58
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.84
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 11.19
- Facility practice expense RVU: 9.03
- Malpractice RVU: 0.64
- Conversion factor: 33.2875
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2024)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu24ar-posted-04/01/2024.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU24_JAN.csv, row 7,036
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15821/2024/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15821/2024/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T14:04:53+00:00