# CPT 31259

> The national PFS baseline was $477.69 for CPT 31259 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $477.69 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $433.49–$626.51. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it decreased 2.5%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2021 (2021 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $477.69
- Facility national allowed amount: $477.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 8.48
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.04
- Facility practice expense RVU: 4.04
- Malpractice RVU: 1.17
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_APR.csv, row 7,993
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31259/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31259/2021/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00