# CPT 21073

> The national PFS baseline was $410.93 for CPT 21073 in the office (non-facility) setting and $265.94 in a facility under the Q4 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $364.80–$503.52 and the facility amount is $239.09–$335.25. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2017, when it increased 2.8%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2017 (2017 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $410.93
- Facility national allowed amount: $265.94
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.45
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 7.41
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.37
- Malpractice RVU: 0.59
- Conversion factor: 35.8887
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_OCT.csv, row 5,690
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/21073/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/21073/2017/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:59+00:00