# CPT 53448

> The national PFS baseline was $1,336.31 for CPT 53448 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $1,336.31 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 $1,226.02–$1,778.00. This is a 0.6% increase 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: $1336.31
- Facility national allowed amount: $1336.31
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 23.44
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 11.11
- Facility practice expense RVU: 11.11
- Malpractice RVU: 2.57
- 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 10,065
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/53448/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/53448/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:39+00:00