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    "code": "27253",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/27253/2015/D",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/27253/2015/D",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 27253 in Q4 2015?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $974.88 for CPT 27253 in the office (non-facility) setting and $974.88 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."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2015,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2015",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2015",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 974.88,
        "facility": 974.88,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 13.58,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 10.79,
        "practice_expense_facility": 10.79,
        "malpractice": 2.76
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9335,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2015)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2015/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU15_OCT05_V1001.csv",
        "row": 6269,
        "sha256": "302a55af716b26df5b42e80da7b2bd7cf5268007658df88133553f5e4e75523f"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:06:14+00:00"
}