# CPT 59821

> The national PFS baseline was $422.12 for CPT 59821 in the office (non-facility) setting and $370.69 in a facility under the Q1 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2025. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $368.93–$519.97 and the facility amount is $322.85–$458.25. This is a 3.7% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2025 (2025 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2025
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $422.12
- Facility national allowed amount: $370.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 5.09
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 6.41
- Facility practice expense RVU: 4.82
- Malpractice RVU: 1.55
- Conversion factor: 32.3465
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2025)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu25a-updated-01/10/2025.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU25_JAN.csv, row 12,417
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/59821/2025/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/59821/2025/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:14:43+00:00