# CPT 31296

> The national PFS baseline was $2,098.05 for CPT 31296 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $201.69 in a facility under the Q1 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,802.57–$2,798.51 and the facility amount is $184.25–$263.32. This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2017 (2017 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2098.05
- Facility national allowed amount: $201.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.29
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 54.70
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.86
- Malpractice RVU: 0.47
- 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 7,347
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31296/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/31296/2017/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:28+00:00