# CPT 31238

> The national PFS baseline was $257.82 for CPT 31238 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $169.57 in a facility under the Q1 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $227.72–$319.63 and the facility amount is $152.98–$219.00. This is a 0.3% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2022 (2022 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2022
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $257.82
- Facility national allowed amount: $169.57
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.74
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.32
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.77
- Malpractice RVU: 0.39
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JAN.csv, row 8,194
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31238/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31238/2022/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:11:16+00:00