# CPT 15823

> The national PFS baseline was $631.91 for CPT 15823 in the office (non-facility) setting and $558.29 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $563.72–$786.88 and the facility amount is $501.36–$704.56. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it increased 0.4%.

## What it is

Upper Eyelid Skin Excision

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2021 (2021 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $631.91
- Facility national allowed amount: $558.29
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.81
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.71
- Facility practice expense RVU: 8.60
- Malpractice RVU: 0.59
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_APR.csv, row 6,026
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15823/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15823/2021/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00