# CPT 29044

> The national PFS baseline was $264.58 for CPT 29044 in the office (non-facility) setting and $160.90 in a facility under the Q1 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $208.01–$341.82 and the facility amount is $134.91–$207.05. This is a 1.7% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2015 (2015 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $264.58
- Facility national allowed amount: $160.90
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.12
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 5.22
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.32
- Malpractice RVU: 0.06
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv, row 6,720
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/29044/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/29044/2015/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:39+00:00