# CPT 36475

> Medicare paid $1,699.08 for CPT 36475 in the office (non-facility) setting and $370.77 in a facility under the Q3 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

Closure of a leaking superficial leg vein from the inside using heat. A catheter is slid into the vein through a small puncture, numbing fluid is placed around the vein to protect nearby tissue, and radiofrequency energy heats the vein wall so it shrinks and seals; blood then reroutes through healthy deep veins. What sets this entry apart from its neighbours is the energy source, radiofrequency rather than laser or a chemical agent. It describes the first vein treated in a leg during the session, with a companion code for each further vein.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2014 (2014 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2014
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1699.08
- Facility national allowed amount: $370.77
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.72
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 39.35
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.27
- Malpractice RVU: 1.36
- 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 (Q3 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0515.csv, row 7,810
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36475/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36475/2014/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:22+00:00