# CPT 37229

> Medicare paid $8,694.36 for CPT 37229 in the office (non-facility) setting and $670.74 in a facility under the Q1 2024 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2024. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, the office amount is $7,467.78–$12,241.26 and the facility amount is $596.27–$872.13. This is a 4.5% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Leg Artery Plaque Removal

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2024 (2024 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2024
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $8694.36
- Facility national allowed amount: $670.74
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 13.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 244.60
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.56
- Malpractice RVU: 2.79
- Conversion factor: 33.2875
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2024)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu24ar-posted-04/01/2024.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU24_JAN.csv, row 10,086
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/37229/2024/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/37229/2024/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00