# CPT 43453

> The national PFS baseline was $872.77 for CPT 43453 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $87.55 in a facility under the Q1 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $741.52–$1,188.14 and the facility amount is $79.24–$113.39. This is a 6.2% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2022 (2022 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2022
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $872.77
- Facility national allowed amount: $87.55
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.41
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 23.63
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.94
- Malpractice RVU: 0.18
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JAN.csv, row 9,869
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/43453/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/43453/2022/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:11:16+00:00