# CPT 27487

> Medicare paid $1,824.70 for CPT 27487 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,824.70 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

Redo knee replacement surgery in which the failed implants are removed and both the thigh-bone component and the entire shin-bone side are replaced, with bone graft used if needed to fill defects left behind. Revision work is longer and more demanding than a first-time replacement because the old parts and any cement must be extracted without destroying the remaining bone. It is distinguished from revisions that swap only one part of the knee.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2015 (2015 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1824.70
- Facility national allowed amount: $1824.70
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 27.11
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 18.32
- Facility practice expense RVU: 18.32
- Malpractice RVU: 5.35
- 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 6,377
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/27487/2015/D
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/27487/2015/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:14+00:00