# CPT 29880

> Medicare paid $576.39 for CPT 29880 in the office (non-facility) setting and $576.39 in a facility under the Q4 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

Keyhole knee surgery in which the surgeon trims or removes torn meniscal cartilage from both sides of the joint at the same sitting, along with any related smoothing of damaged tissue in those compartments. The meniscus is the C-shaped shock absorber sitting between the thighbone and shinbone, and there is one on the inner side and one on the outer side. What separates this from its close neighbour is scope: the sibling code covers work in a single compartment, while this one applies when both the medial and lateral meniscus are addressed. The whole procedure is done through small portals using a camera and slim instruments.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2014 (2014 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2014
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $576.39
- Facility national allowed amount: $576.39
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 7.39
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 7.31
- Facility practice expense RVU: 7.31
- Malpractice RVU: 1.39
- Conversion factor: 35.8228
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0815_v5.csv, row 6,767
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/29880/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/29880/2014/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:30+00:00