# CPT 20982

> The national PFS baseline was $4,008.56 for CPT 20982 in the office (non-facility) setting and $380.16 in a facility under the Q1 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $3,483.96–$5,331.62 and the facility amount is $349.37–$509.79. This is a 130.9% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2018 (2018 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $4008.56
- Facility national allowed amount: $380.16
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 7.02
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 103.54
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.75
- Malpractice RVU: 0.79
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18ar1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JAN.csv, row 5,773
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20982/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20982/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:39+00:00