# CPT 26055

> Medicare paid $569.91 for CPT 26055 in the office (non-facility) setting and $318.01 in a facility under the Q4 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.5% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

A small operation on the palm side of a finger or thumb in which the tight band of tissue holding the flexor tendon down is cut, freeing the tendon to glide again. It is a release of the sheath, not a repair of the tendon itself. The procedure is typically done under local anesthetic through an incision of a centimeter or so.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2015 (2015 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $569.91
- Facility national allowed amount: $318.01
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.11
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 12.16
- Facility practice expense RVU: 5.15
- Malpractice RVU: 0.59
- Conversion factor: 35.9335
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_OCT05_V1001.csv, row 5,999
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/26055/2015/D
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/26055/2015/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:14+00:00