# CPT 28292

> Medicare paid $774.48 for CPT 28292 in the office (non-facility) setting and $499.57 in a facility under the Q1 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 4.9% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Surgical correction of a bunion — the bony bump and inward drift of the big toe known as hallux valgus — in which the surgeon also removes the base of the first bone of the big toe to realign the joint and relieve pressure. The sesamoid bones beneath the joint may be removed in the same session when they contribute to the deformity. It is one of several distinct bunion repairs, separated in the fee schedule by exactly which bone work is performed.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2017 (2017 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $774.48
- Facility national allowed amount: $499.57
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 7.44
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 13.46
- Facility practice expense RVU: 5.80
- Malpractice RVU: 0.68
- 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 (Q1 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_V1219.csv, row 6,976
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/28292/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/28292/2017/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:28+00:00