# CPT 35646

> The national PFS baseline was $1,799.98 for CPT 35646 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,799.98 in a facility under the Q1 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $1,585.64–$2,355.31. This is a 0.5% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2018 (2018 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1799.98
- Facility national allowed amount: $1799.98
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 32.98
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.55
- Facility practice expense RVU: 9.55
- Malpractice RVU: 7.47
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18ar1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JAN.csv, row 8,289
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35646/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35646/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:39+00:00